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Latitude: 51.1226 / 51°7'21"N
Longitude: -0.2789 / 0°16'44"W
OS Eastings: 520544
OS Northings: 137331
OS Grid: TQ205373
Mapcode National: GBR HHY.G9P
Mapcode Global: VHGSV.31XR
Plus Code: 9C3X4PFC+2C
Entry Name: Rusper War Memorial
Listing Date: 18 July 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1436556
ID on this website: 101436556
Location: St Mary Magdalene's Church, Rusper, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12
County: West Sussex
District: Horsham
Civil Parish: Rusper
Built-Up Area: Rusper
Traditional County: Sussex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Sussex
Church of England Parish: Rusper St Mary Magdalene
Church of England Diocese: Chichester
Tagged with: Memorial
First World War memorial unveiled on 21 August 1921, with further names added after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: granite
DESCRIPTION: this war memorial is located within the churchyard of St Mary Magdalene Church (Grade I) facing towards the road. It consists of an obelisk set upon a square plinth. The whole is set upon a three-stepped octagonal base.
The stone of the memorial is rough finished and the plinth bears a plain arched cartouche of polished stone on each of its faces. These panels bear the incised inscriptions and names of the fallen. The front face of the plinth is enriched with a raised carving of a wreath with a cross at its centre. Below this is the inscription: IN / THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919.
On another face of the plinth, following the list of names from the First World War, is inscribed 1939 – 1945 followed by the names of the fallen from the Second World War.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 5 December 2016.
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Rusper as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It commemorates the 23 local servicemen who died in the First World War.
It was dedicated on 21 August 1921. Following the Second World War the memorial was re-dedicated following the addition of eight names of the fallen from that conflict.
In 2013 the memorial was cleaned and conserved with a grant from War Memorials Trust.
Rusper War Memorial, dedicated on 21 August 1921, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a simple yet dignified granite obelisk with carved decorative details;
* Group value: with the church of St Mary Magdalene (Grade I) and the Plough Inn opposite (Grade II).
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