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    Memorial

    Datchet- Cenotaph

    The Men of Datchet

    Source: Copyright Alison Crampin

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    Current Location

    Junction of B376 and B470 on Green opposite Post Office, Horton Road, Datchet, Windsor And Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL3 9EH, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SU 98785 77059

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    Type of Memorial
    Cenotaph
    WMR Reference Number
    7936
    Description
    Cenotaph on cruciform plinth and hexagonal two stepped base. Surmounted by an urn with a lion on its front face and flanked by draping laurel leaves. Army, navy, and RAF shields positioned on sides of plinth. A six sided frieze around top with reliefs of aircraft, tank, bomb, airship, and gas mask. Inscription in black lettering on marble tablets on base.
    Inscription
    WW1: THIS MONUMENT/ IS ERECTED BY INHABITANTS OF DATCHET/ TO COMMEMORATE THE GREAT WAR/ OF 1914 - 1919/ AND THE GLORIOUS VICTORY OF/ THE BRITISH FORCES AND THEIR ALLIES/ BY SEA, ON LAND, AND IN THE AIR/ OVER THE COMBINED FORCES OF/ GERMANY, AUSTRIA, TURKEY AND BULGARIA/ ALSO/ TO RECORD THE SHARE TAKEN BY THIS/ VILLAGE IN PROMOTING THIS VICTORY/ AND/ TO PAY GRATEFUL AND REVERENT TRIBUTE/ TO THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE AND FREEDOM THE NAMES HERE RECORDED/ ARE OF THOSE INHABITANTS OF/ DATCHET/ WHO AT THE CALL OF DUTY LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ MOURN NOT FOR THEM/ FOR THEY CAN NEVER DIE/ (Names) THE NUMBERS HERE RECORDED/ ARE OF THOSE INHABITANTS OF/ DATCHET/ WHO BY ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE/ IN FOREIGN LANDS OF IN THIS COUNTRY/ OR BY SERVICES RENDERED AT HOME/ CONTRIBUTED TO THE GREAT VICTORY/ WHICH THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES/ IN THE NAVAL MILITARY AND TERRITORIAL FORCES BEFORE THE WAR 40/ JOINED THE FORCES DURING THE WAR/ 322/ SERVED ABROAD OR AT HOME IN THE RED CROSS SOCIETY, THE VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS, AS SPECIAL CONSTABLES, IN THE VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT OR IN THE HOSPITAL SUPPLY DEPOT 142 WW2, central panel: ALSO COMMEMORATED/ ARE THOSE WHO DIED IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 45 WW2, left and right panels: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    54
    Died
    54
    Information shown
    Surname, forename, rank, regiment, decorations
    Order of names
    Alphabetically
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    30
    Died
    30
    Information shown
    Surname, forename, rank, forename, decorations
    Order of names
    Alphabetically
    Maker(s)
    • Sir Lional Cust (Keeper of the Queen's Pictures at Windsor Castle), Designer

    Costs
    £600
    Sponsor Type
    public
    Sponsored By
    Special committee set up by P V de Paravincini (Church Warden, 1919) who lost a son in World War One
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    Funds raised for a memorial in November 1919 totaled £600, when a design was placed before the war memorial committee
    Maintenance History
    Cleaned and repaired: 1948; 1980; 1989 (WW2 tablet added); 1990 (flood lighting installed)

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    8 May 1920

    Lord Lincolnshire, the Marquis of Lincolnshire (Lord Lieutenant of Bucks)

    Custodian
    Parish Council

    Components

    Cenotaph

    Height: 3962 mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1462972

    The height pertains to the memorial as a whole Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20. Architectural interest: * as an unusual form of a cenotaph style of war memorial with good quality carving and particularly evocative images in low relief of military hardware of the First World War. * as the work of Sir Lionel Henry Cust, an eminent art historian of the period. Group value: * with a number of Grade II listed buildings surrounding the Green.

    Base

    Height: 991 mm

    Width: 1448 mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1462972

    Each face of the six sided base has these dimensions Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20. Architectural interest: * as an unusual form of a cenotaph style of war memorial with good quality carving and particularly evocative images in low relief of military hardware of the First World War. * as the work of Sir Lionel Henry Cust, an eminent art historian of the period. Group value: * with a number of Grade II listed buildings surrounding the Green.

    Tablets

    Height: 610 mm

    Width: 305 mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1462972

    Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20. Architectural interest: * as an unusual form of a cenotaph style of war memorial with good quality carving and particularly evocative images in low relief of military hardware of the First World War. * as the work of Sir Lionel Henry Cust, an eminent art historian of the period. Group value: * with a number of Grade II listed buildings surrounding the Green.

    • Windsor, Eton and Slough Express - 29 May 1920
    • "Datchet War Memorial." Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1462972. Accessed 19 August 2024.