East Meon

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Reference WMO/102943

Address:

East Meon Road

Beside the East Meon to Clanfield Road

East Meon

GU32 1HN

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Designed by Sir John Ninian Comper (1864-1960), executed by stone-mason Andrew Perryman. Stone. DESCRIPTION: The memorial has a tall chamfered shaft with projecting moulded cap and bevelled cross. The cap of the shaft is decorated with a shield motif, and the top of the crosshead has a scroll across one face. The shaft rests on a plinth on top of a base. The plinth has an inscription reading 'In memory of the men of East Meon who fell in the Great War 1914-1919', and bears the names of those fallen. The plinth also carries a bronze plaque in the form of an open book with the inscription '1939-1945' and a list of names of the fallen in World War II. HISTORY: The memorial was unveiled by General J S Nicholson MP, and dedicated by the Bishop of Lewes, in 1921. The bronze plaque was added after World War II.
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In Memory of the Men of East Meon who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1919.

Richard Inwood Berry, Norton Broadway, Herbert Black, Arthur William Cooper, Walter Cecil Cooper, William Clark, Charles Collyer, William Henry Damen, Frerick William Gisborne, Richard Claude Kille, George Wilfred Knight, Alfred Luff, Mark Nell, James Henry Pollard, Wilfred Samuel Pollard, Fredk George Parfoot, George Silvester, Arthur Charles Titheridge, George Titheridge, William Trent, Clinton Waterman, J Allen, C V Blackman, E E Blackman, C Bishop, J Butler, C Cheeseman, P Goddard, R Neville, A Mullard, F Phillips, J Somerset, L Wilson, G J Woodfield, W Horsted, Herbert Arthur Goddard.

Grade II (England)

1391510

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