Chalfont St Peter

Lantern cross surmounted by ornate canopy with a niche on each side. Each niche shares pinnacles with its neighbours and is surmounted by a finial. Above a central crocketted. South niche: Robed Christ figure with outstretched arms West niche: Madonna and child figures North: St Peter figure holding key East: Christ figure crucified, attended by Mary figure Cross set on inscribed plinth with three-stepped base. Two walls with inscriptions flank base.

Inscription

Top step: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE/ OF THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914-1918/ ALSO TO THOSE WHO DIED/ 1939-1945/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR FACE OF PLINTH AND SIDE WALLS: (NAMES)

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Atkinson, Owen Dayot
Ballard, William
Berridge, Raymond
Birch, Eli
Bird, Edwin James
Blake, Henry
Blake, Leonard
Boddington, Joseph Thomas
Brooks, Edwin
Bunce, John
See details for all 79 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 77
Served and returned: 0
Died: 77
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Forename
Order of information: surname,forename
Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 41
Served and returned: 0
Died: 41
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Forename
Order of information: surname,forename
VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Forename, Decorations
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Cross
Measurements: depth 3090mm, height 5500mm, width 3090mm
Materials: Stone
Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone

Listing information

Chalfont St Peter War Memorial including the flanking memorial walls and radiating path network
Grade II
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Condition

Chalfont St Peter
WMO ID: 120410
Condition: Good [last updated on 14-06-2019]
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History

1996, June: Frost damage discovered. Plans for refurbishment under consideration by Parish Council. 1980: Lettering of WW1 names re-cut by Oxford Stone and Marblecraft (#1400) with a vote from the Parish Council supplemented by a local collection organised by the Royal British Legion branch.

Costs

Memorial: £300

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Public

Responsibility

Parish Council

Reference

Local Publication/Booklet 20 March 1920 The Advertiser and Gazette, available at Uxbridge Public Library

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