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Steep

The war memorial in the village of Steep in Hampshire is positioned on the corner of Church Road and Hill Lane in the centre of the village. The memorial is made of the local Selbourne stone and takes the form of a pillar topped by a shrine, consisting of an alcove with a pitched tiled roof. At the bottom of the pillar is an integral stone planter. Inset on the pillar are ceramic tiles on which lettering has been painted then fired. The tiles’ surround has been gilded and fired. Beside the memorial are two benches and a small garden.

In October 2007 War Memorials Trust granted £685 towards work to clean the memorial, fix the stone planter in front of the memorial, re-point the memorial where necessary, repair the tiles, repaint the lettering, re-gild where necessary around the edge of the tiles, apply a micro-crystalline wax on the surface and trim the vegetation around the memorial.

Above the tiles, below the shrine on the memorial, is an inscription in the stone reading:

In peace from the battle

On the tiles, above the names, are the words

Roll of honour of Steep

and below the names

For King and Country

Some of the names inscribed on the memorial are

Appleby William G. R.N.                      Heriot Herbert
Arnold B. 2nd R. Berks.                      Ifould Frank 2nd Hants
Barnes William A.C. Ox. & Bucks.         L.I. Ifound John Aust Cont’nt
Bagnall R. Gordon 2nd Lieut. R.G.A.     Jewell William S. R.F.A.
Brown Frederick C. R. Lancs.              Lilleywhite Charles 14th Hants.
Brown George W. R.Lancs.                 McConnell David E. 2nd Lieut. R.A.F.
Budd Cecil 1st Hants.                        Mitchell Albert R.G.A.
Christie R. Colin Lieut. R.E.                 Pownall Lionel H. Lieut. R. W.Kents
Christie Denis H. Lt. 16th R. Sussex     Reed William T. R.N.
Cranstone Albert 14th Hants              Smith Frank R.F.A.
Cranstone Lewis Rifle Brig.                 Smithies-Taylor Garth Lieut. S.F.
Doncaster E. Lynn Lieut. R.A.F.          Tucker Walter 12th Hants.
Gale Samuel 2nd Drag. Gds.               Tyrell Lewis 2nd Hants.
Godwin Philip 14th Hants.                  Vidler Ralph Canad. Cont’nt.
Halswelle Wyndham Cap’ High’d L.I.     Walder Alfred 3rd Hants.
Healey Alan 10th Hants.                    Waller H.A. Lieut. Comr.R.N.
Healey Arthur W. Lieut. 1st Wilts.       Yates Frederick 14th Hants.

With the Following

Cottingham Charles R.G.A.                 Martin Ernest M.G.C.
Eade Frederick 14th Hants.                Martin Harold R.I.F.
Eade William 14th Hants.                   Poynting William Canad. Cont’nt.
Fitton Hugh G. Brig. Gen.                   Rowell William 1st Hants.
               C.B., D.S.O., A.D.C.          Sharp Robert 1st D. Gds.
Gravestocke Frederick                      Stacey Henry
Harding George                               Thomas Edward Lieut. R.G.A.

One of the men commemorated is the poet Edward Thomas who was killed at the battle of Arras in the spring of 1917.  Also commemorated is the athlete Wyndham Halswelle who won a gold medal in the 400 metres in the 1908 London Olympics and was killed at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in France in 1915.

The memorial was designed by Inigo Triggs and was dedicated by the local clergy on 6th December 1918.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM2093
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 40371

Information about Wyndham Halswelle on Wikipedia.

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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