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Latitude: 51.0217 / 51°1'18"N
Longitude: -1.3307 / 1°19'50"W
OS Eastings: 447039
OS Northings: 124917
OS Grid: SU470249
Mapcode National: GBR 86F.SGQ
Mapcode Global: FRA 863D.TNM
Plus Code: 9C3W2MC9+MP
Entry Name: Shawford Down War Memorial
Listing Date: 14 September 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1437813
ID on this website: 101437813
Location: Shawford Down, Shawford, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21
County: Hampshire
District: Winchester
Civil Parish: Compton and Shawford
Built-Up Area: Shawford
Traditional County: Hampshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire
Church of England Parish: Compton All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Winchester
Tagged with: War memorial
First World War memorial unveiled on 4 April 1921 with further names added after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: Portland stone.
DESCRIPTION: Shawford Down War Memorial comprises a double-headed Latin cross with four arms so that the cross can be viewed from all directions. The cross rises from a square plan plinth.
The inscription on the plinth reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF ALL THE MEN OF THE/ EMPIRE AND ESPECIALLY OF THOSE/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ THEY SOUGHT THE GLORY/ OF THEIR COUNTRY, THEY/ SEE THE GLORY OF GOD. The other faces of the plinth are incised with the names of the fallen.
The plinth is set upon a two-stepped base with an inscription to the fallen of the Second World War on the top step which reads: RE-DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE ENGRAVED ON THIS STEP/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. The other faces of the step are incised with the names of the fallen from the Second World War.
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 dedicated at Shawford Down by the Bishop of Winchester on 4 April 1921 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 17 local servicemen who died during the First World War. Following the Second World War, a dedication was added to commemorate the 14 fallen of that conflict.
In 2014 the memorial was conserved with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.
Shawford Down War Memorial, unveiled 4 April 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 the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a simple yet dignified memorial cross in Portland stone.
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