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Latitude: 51.4504 / 51°27'1"N
Longitude: -0.2358 / 0°14'8"W
OS Eastings: 522684
OS Northings: 173850
OS Grid: TQ226738
Mapcode National: GBR 9Q.C7J
Mapcode Global: VHGR3.VTP1
Plus Code: 9C3XFQ27+4M
Entry Name: Roehampton War Memorial
Listing Date: 30 March 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1425491
ID on this website: 101425491
Location: Putney Heath, Wandsworth, London, SW15
County: London
District: Wandsworth
Electoral Ward/Division: Roehampton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Wandsworth
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Roehampton Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: War memorial Memorial cross
First World War memorial in the form of a stone cross.
The memorial is of stone construction and approximately four metres in height. It is Tudor-esque in its detailing and takes the form of a cross raised on a tall octagonal column. The column stands on an octagonal plinth, raised on a three-stepped octagonal base. In a ring around the column are four canopied niches with small figurative carvings inside. The plinth has embattled cresting, and the faces are carved alternately with Tudor roses and shields with heraldic imagery. The faces of the top step are carved with the inscription: IN HONOUR OF / THE MEN OF / ROEHAMPTON / WHO FOUGHT / AND DIED IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918.
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, 17 February 2017.
Roehampton War Memorial commemorates the men of Roehampton who fell in the First World War. The memorial was erected in 1952, replacing an earlier memorial which was largely destroyed by enemy action during the Second World War.
Roehampton War Memorial, which is situated on Putney Heath, 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 First World War;
* Architectural interest: as a handsome memorial cross with Tudor-esque detailing.
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