Memorial details

Memorial type
Cenotaph
District
Windsor And Maidenhead
Town
Datchet
County
Berkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 8 May 1920
    Attended by: Lord Lincolnshire, the Marquis of Lincolnshire (Lord Lieutenant of Bucks)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
7936

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Current location

Junction of B376 and B470 on Green opposite Post Office
Horton Road
Datchet
Windsor And Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL3 9EH
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 98785 77059
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Cenotaph on cruciform plinth and octagonal two stepped base. Surmounted by an urn with a lion on its front face and flanked by draping laurel leaves. Army, navy, and RAF shields positioned on sides of plinth. A six sided frieze around top with reliefs of aircrat, tank, bomb, airship, and gas mask. Inscription in black lettering on marble tablets on base.
Inscription
WW1: THIS MONUMENT/ IS ERECTED BY INHABITANTS OF DATCHET/ TO COMMEMORATE THE GREAT WAR/ OF 1914 - 1919/ AND THE GLORIOUS VICTORY OF/ THE BRITISH FORCES AND THEIR ALLIES/ BY SEA, ON LAND, AND IN THE AIR/ OVER THE COMBINED FORCES OF/ GERMANY, AUSTRIA, TURKEY AND BULGARIA/ ALSO/ TO RECORD THE SHARE TAKEN BY THIS/ VILLAGE IN PROMOTING THIS VICTORY/ AND/ TO PAY GRATEFUL AND REVERENT TRIBUTE/ TO THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE AND FREEDOM THE NAMES HERE RECORDED/ ARE OF THOSE INHABITANTS OF/ DATCHET/ WHO AT THE CALL OF DUTY LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ MOURN NOT FOR THEM/ FOR THEY CAN NEVER DIE/ (Names) THE NUMBERS HERE RECORDED/ ARE OF THOSE INHABITANTS OF/ DATCHET/ WHO BY ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE/ IN FOREIGN LANDS OF IN THIS COUNTRY/ OR BY SERVICES RENDERED AT HOME/ CONTRIBUTED TO THE GREAT VICTORY/ WHICH THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES/ IN THE NAVAL MILITARY AND TERRITORIAL FORCES BEFORE THE WAR 40/ JOINED THE FORCES DURING THE WAR/ 322/ SERVED ABROAD OR AT HOME IN THE RED CROSS SOCIETY, THE VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS, AS SPECIAL CONSTABLES, IN THE VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT OR IN THE HOSPITAL SUPPLY DEPOT 142 WW2, central panel: ALSO COMMEMORATED/ ARE THOSE WHO DIED IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 45 WW2, left and right panels: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adams, Robert
Aldred, George
Allen, Geoffrey
Ball, Albert
Banner, Frank
Bettles, John Walter
Bilyard, Stanley
Boxall, Frederick Albert
Boxall, George
Brakespear, Ronald
See details for all 85 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 54
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 54
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment, decorations
    Order of information: Alphabetically
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 30
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 30
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, forename, decorations
    Order of information: Alphabetically
Components
  • Cenotaph
    Measurements: height 3962 mm
    Materials: Stone
  • Base
    Measurements: height 991 mm, width 1448 mm
    Materials: Stone
  • Tablets
    Measurements: height 610 mm, width 305 mm
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • Datchet 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
Cleaned and repaired: 1948; 1980; 1989 (WW2 tablet added); 1990 (flood lighting installed)
Costs

Comments: Funds raised for a memorial in November 1919 totaled £600, when a design was placed before the war memorial committee
Memorial: £600

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Details: Special committee set up by P V de Paravincini (Church Warden, 1919) who lost a son in World War One
Responsibility
Parish Council
Reference
  • Windsor, Eton and Slough Express - 29 May 1920

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