Memorial

Horndean

Horndean War Memorial with Victory on top

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 10 August 2016

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Current Location

Junction, Havant Road/ Portsmouth Road, Horndean, East Hampshire, Hampshire, PO8 0DB, England

SU 70665 13149

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 21146
Description: Square stone column with cornice surmounted originally by a stone statue of Victory. When this was damaged in 1964 it was replaced by a stone 'Toc H Lamp of Maintenance' set on a plinth and three-step base. Inscription on all four sides of the plinth and column. Lamp replaced by copy of the original statue of Victory in 2014.
Inscription: SIDES 1, 2 AND 3: (Names) SIDE FOUR: ERECTED / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO THE MEMORY OF THE / MEN WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED / WHO WENT FROM THIS COUNTRY-SIDE / AT THE CALL OF DUTY / AND LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 / "IN THE EVENING AND IN THE MORNING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM." / ALSO / TO THOSE WHO FELL / IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945/ AND IN ALL CONFLICT Base: CONFLICTS SINCE 1945/ AFGHANISTAN/ (Name)

Maker(s): MESSRS G MAILE & SON LTD, Builder
Messrs J Rotherham, Stone Carver
Maintenance History: 1964: Original statue of Victory damaged in a freak car accident. This was replaced by a 'Toc H Lamp of Maintenance'. 2002: Additional name added. 2011: Name added for casualty in Afghanistan. 2014: Early in 2014 a public appeal was started to have the lamp replaced as part of the First World War centenary and a statue of Victory returned. The statue is a close copy and was made by Messrs J Rotherham and was positioned on 9 July 2014 for the rededication ceremony on 20 July of that year.