To do
A large proportion of the known (to
me) war memorials of West Berkshire have been photographed, transcribed
and loaded on to this site.
However, there are more to do before the website completes the first
stage of construction - a complete record of all known memorials.
Some difficulties have arisen, notably the apparent non-existence of
memorials listed in the UK National Index of War Memorials! My current
assumption is that such memorials are either duplicates of another
index entry or the entry contains incorrect location details.
In many cases the memorials not yet included are in locked churches, or
premises not open to the public. These take longer to access,
but will be included as soon as practicable.
Access to locked churches in particular is likely to uncover more, as
yet unknown memorials.
Most of the information here has been gleaned from three websites: UKNIWM, CWGC and the Berkshire Heritage Environment Forum War Memorials Project.
Known memorials not yet on the site.
| Place | Memorial | UKNIWM No |
| Aldermaston | Framed parchment muster roll, WW1 89 names | |
| Aldermaston | Memorial(s) to 3 members of the Strange family | |
| Beech Hill church | Brass plaque, WW1 11 names | |
| Beech Hill church | Wooden plaque, WW2, 1 name | |
| Bradfield College | Stone tablet (Blunt) | 55150 |
| Bradfield College | Stone tablet (Holmes) | 55151 |
| Bradfield College | Stained glass window & stone tablet, Boer War | 41393 |
| Bradfield College | Slate tablets, WW2 200 names | 41389 |
| Bradfield College | Stone cross, WW1 279 names | 41387 |
| East Ilsley | Roll of Honour, Baptist Church | |
| Great Shefford | Marble tablet - NOT FOUND, wrong location? | 7782 |
| Hamstead Marshall | Stained glass window in church , WW1 6 names | 55163 |
| Hungerford | Brass plaque, Primary School, WW1 7, WW2 20 names | 7805 |
| Lambourn | Brass plaque in church, WW1 35, WW2 20 names | |
| Marlston | Stone tablet, WW1 16 names | 55164 |
| Marlston | Brass plaque (Palmer) | 55165 |
| Marlston | Stone tablet (Newman) | 55166 |
| Newbury | Baptist Church, brass plaque | |
| Newbury | Memorial stone (1943 bombing) | |
| Newbury | Newtown Road Cemetery, several graves | |
| Newbury | St Nicolas Church, Boer War, plaque to G Rogers | |
| Peasemore | Wooden board in village hall (photo) | |
| Purley | Several plaques/tablets, Memorial Hall | |
| Stratfield Mortimer | Brass plaque, St Mary's Church. WW1 | 7779 |
| Stratfield Mortimer | Stone tablet, St Mary's Church, WW2 | 7780 |
| Stratfield Mortimer | CWGC Graves (1) | |
| Sulhamstead | Sulhamstead House, Police Memorial | |
| Theale | Brass plaque, Boer War (photo) | 9099 |
| Theale | Wooden board, WW1 | 9100 |
Church of England
Additional churches with no known internal memorials not yet visited (or locked when visited).
Beedon
Bucklebury (Cemetery Chapel)
Catmore
Chieveley
Kintbury Christ Church (Cemetery Chapel)
Lambourn St Luke (Cemetery Chapel)
Mortimer
Newbury St George the Martyr
Newbury St John the Baptist
Padworth
Stockcross
Sulhamstead Abbots
Thatcham (nonconformist)
Ufton Nervet
Upper Bucklebury
Wasing
Wickham
Winterbourne
In addition the following Church of England churches have not been visted with war memorials in mind; pictures used on this site are from earlier visits when plaques/tablets to individuals etc were less likely to have been photographed:
East Ilsley
Enborne
Englefield
Nonconformist
Very few nonconformist chapels/churches are listed (East Ilsley and two in Newbury) - it is likely that there will be others with similar memorials.
Roman Catholic churches may also hold memorials.
Schools, places of work, military establishments
Very few of these possible locations of memorials have been investigated.
Find a memorial :
| Died this day: | |
| 23 April 1917 | |
| Albert Ed Hine | |
| Stockcross |
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