War Memorial at St Peter's Church

Heritage listing

Details 236/0/10033 CHURCH STREET 09-JUL-10 War Memorial at St Peter's Church GV II War memorial cross with Calvary, 1921, to commemorate The Fallen of Chalvey in the First World War. MATERIALS: Clipsham stone with cast lead crucifix. DESCRIPTION: The memorial takes the form of a column with Calvary rising from a pedestal on a stepped base. The base is tri-partite and octagonal; the pedestal is also octagonal with a battered plinth and a surbase with carved floral and foliate decoration. The column has a simple moulded base and capital and is also subtly octagonal and elegantly tapers as its rises. The Calvary has a gabled canopy and a cast lead crucifix which faces north onto Church Street. The memorial inscriptions are carved in sans serif lettering in relief on the north, south, east and west faces of the plinth. The main dedication is on the north face and reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN THANKFUL /REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF CHALVEY/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ GRANT THEM ETERNAL/ REST O LORD AND LET/ LIGHT PERPETUAL/ SHINE UPON THEM. The remaining inscriptions are within recessed panels and list the names of The Fallen in the form of initials followed by surnames. Over eighty names are inscribed. HISTORY: The war memorial was erected to commemorate the men from the parish who fell in the First World War. It was funded by public subscription at a cost of £225 organised by a parish committee. The memorial was designed by the architect HC King who was based at Dean's Yard, Westminster and was architect to the St Dunstan Society (a society dealing with church architecture as well as the design of vestments and altar hangings). He was better known as a church architect and wrote the 'The Chancel and the Altar' in 1911 which is held in the British Library. Th

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.