ANDOVER WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and copyright © Gill Cannell and Andrew Dishman 2018

The Andover War memorial is located outside St Mary’s Church, Andover. It takes the form of a three-stepped base surmounted by a cenotaph with the inscription on all sides of cenotaph with a wreath in relief above listing the men who died in World War 1. The memorial was unveiled May 1920 by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Seely, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, a short note appearing in Portsmouth Evening News - Thursday 6 May 1920, page 4. The memorial is Grade 2 listed. Stone tablets have been set into the surrounding wall to commemorate the dead of World War 2. There are 215 names for World War 1 and 62 names for World War 2. The names for World War 1 and World War 2 have been broken into sections for ease of reading and research.

Photographs Copyright © Gill Cannell and Andrew Dishman 2018

OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.

TO HONOUR
THE MEMORY
OF THOSE
MEN OF ANDOVER
WHO FELL
IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1920

BOROUGH OF ANDOVER
TO HONOUR THE MEMORY
OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

METAL PLAQUE SET INTO SURROUNDING WALL

THIS CHERRY TREE
PLANTED
IN MEMORY OF
CHILD CASUALTIES
OF WAR
INCLUDING
THE HOLOCAUST
2002

Last updated 23 March, 2025