Damerham War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details =The war memorial stands in a prominent location by the village hall in East End, Damerham and within a small hedged garden. The memorial comprises a stone latin cross surmounting a tapered column set on a four level hexagonal plinth of two deep levels and two shallower levels. This in turn is set upon a square stone base. A carved stone shield with the monogram 'IHS' is fixed to the shaft. Inscriptions and names are carved on the south faces of the plinths; the uppermost reads: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF OUR MEN WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. The lower face reads: ALSO OF OUR OFFICERS AND/ MEN WHO FELL IN THE WAR OF/ 1939-1945. On the north face the inscription reads: GREATER LOVE/ HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS. Further names are recorded on the other faces with 18 in total on the memorial from the First World War and six from the Second World War. A slate plaque was later added, included in the listing, situated beside the front of the cross, which repeats the names and words inscribed on the south faces of the plinth. 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, 6 December 2016.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.