Men of St Peter's War Memorial, Lee

Heritage listing

Details This tall memorial stands close to the junction of Courtlands Avenue and Lyme Farm Road, in a paved area in front of residential housing. Built of Portland stone, it comprises a Latin cross on a round, classical, shaft. A shield bearing the monogram IHS is carved at the intersection of the cross arms and the terminals are decorated with carved oak leaves. The foot of the cross is moulded and the transition to the shaft is marked with oak leaves and acorns carved in relief. The moulded foot ring of the shaft rises from a tapered, octagonal, plinth with an outsailing cornice. The plinth stands on a two-stepped, octagonal, base. The cornice is inscribed GRANT THEM/ O LORD/ ETERNAL/ REST/ AND LET/ PERPETUAL/ LIGHT SHINE/ UPON THEM. The front face of the plinth is inscribed ERECTED TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO DIED/ ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ IN THE WAR 1914-1919/ AND/ 1939-1945. The names of those who are commemorated are carved on the remaining sides of the plinth. An additional metal plaque applied to the north-facing side of the plinth is inscribed THIS MEMORIAL STANDS/ ON THE SITE OF/ ST PETER'S ELTHAM/ BUILT 1870./ IT WAS DEMOLISHED/ IN 1960/ FOLLOWING DAMAGE/ SUSTAINED BY ENEMY/ ACTION DURING THE/ 1939-1945 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, 10 February 2017.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.