Odiham War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details The memorial stands on the south side of Odiham High Street, facing north, and adjacent to numerous listed buildings flanking the High Street. The memorial is flanked by grass verges, and comprises a tall limestone wheel-head cross with low brick piers and detached side walls, standing on a three-stepped platform. The circlet of the large wheel-head cross, surmounting a tapering octagonal cross shaft, includes a wreath carved in relief. The cross head is pierced, enclosing a carving of St George, mounted, in the act of killing the dragon. The cross shaft rises from a two-stage pedestal. The front face of the pedestal is ornamented with an oval wreath carved in relief, encircling a reversed broadsword with a decorated hilt. The principal dedicatory inscription, below this wreath, reads TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN & WOMEN OF THE/ PARISH OF ODIHAM WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING &/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ PROUD AND GRATEFUL THEIR/ FELLOW PARISHIONERS HAVE/ HERE RECORDED THEIR NAMES. The pedestal is flanked to east and west by two short red brick walls, coped, and terminating in stone piers. Each of these piers carries two stone panels. The eastern panels record the details (name, rank, regiment or unit) of 35 First World War casualties, whilst the western panels list 32 and two female casualties who died in 1917, one of whom was a munitions worker, the other serving in the Voluntary Aid Detachment. A chain extending from each pier joins to the memorial extension. This extension is the same to each side, built in stone and brick, comprising detached side walls that project as far as the lowest step. The lower and upper sections of the walling are coped, and the upper sections carry north-facing stone panels. The eastern panel is inscribed

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.