Cholsey Tablets

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Reference WMO/286529

Address:

St Mary's Church

Church Road

Cholsey

OX10 9PS

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: WW1, wall mounted, portrait orientated streaked pink marble backboard surmounted by a grey marble tablet, integrated with a raised grey marble cross. An incised inscription spans the horizontal arms, whilst a raised white marble figure of a soldier, standing with his rifle pointing downwards, is mounted on lower shaft of cross. Incised names on tablet, either side of lower shaft of cross. At the tablet's base, is a moulded-edge shelf, immediately underneath which, is a raised shield and foliate design. The WW2, wall mounted, landscape orientated, rebate-edged tablet is directly below the WW1 tablet. All inscriptions and names infilled with black enamel paint. The WW2 tablet is separate but clearly intended as a continuation of the first.
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WW1 Tablet : IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN OF CHOLSEY / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1918 / (41 NAMES) WW2 Tablet : OF THESE ALSO / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WAR / 1939 -1945 / (10 NAMES)

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