Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
New Forest
Town
Pennington
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 17th November 1921
    Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Southampton
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
48942

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Current location

in Graveyard
St. Mark's Church
Ramley Road
Pennington
New Forest
Hampshire
SO41 8HF
England

OS Grid Ref: SZ 30941 95116
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Celtic Cornish stone cross on two level plinths and two-step base. Inverted sword carved on front face of cross. Commemoration for WW1 on front of small plinth in black lettering with two columns of names on lower large plinth. At back of memorial, commemoration for WW2 on small plinth, names in two columns on large plinth; lettering in black.
Inscription
FRONT: THIS CROSS IS ERECTED BY/ PARISHIONERS OF PENNINGTON/ IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR (1914-1918)/ AND WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED/ NAMES. REAR: IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE 1939-1945 WAR/ NAMES.
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Adlam, F
Barrow, E G
Bartlett, L
Bran, S. J.
Bran, S. J.
Bygott, R. H.
Chamberlain, J. E. M.
Charles, G. H.
Chase, P H
Cheater, H V
See details for all 43 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 27
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 27
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Initials, surname, year died.
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 15
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 15
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Initials, surname
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: height c 4572 mm, width c 2400 mm
    Materials: Cornish Granite
Listing information
  • WAR MEMORIAL
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
History
2003: Memorial refurbished; chemically cleaned and five missing letters replaced. Other 815 letters were repainted black. Cos £1421.
Costs

Memorial: £310

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Responsibility
Lymington & Pennington Town Council
Reference

This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.

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