{"id":6132,"date":"2025-11-08T23:33:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T23:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/?p=6132"},"modified":"2025-11-08T23:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T23:33:26","slug":"in-memoriam-remembrance-sunday-2025-compton-war-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/national-news\/in-memoriam-remembrance-sunday-2025-compton-war-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam &#8211; Remembrance Sunday 2025 &#8211; Compton War Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6133\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6133\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Compton-War-Memorial-with-its-lamp-Surrey-design-Mary-Watts-Photo-Marie-Clements-Nov-2025--768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Compton-War-Memorial-with-its-lamp-Surrey-design-Mary-Watts-Photo-Marie-Clements-Nov-2025--768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Compton-War-Memorial-with-its-lamp-Surrey-design-Mary-Watts-Photo-Marie-Clements-Nov-2025--225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Compton-War-Memorial-with-its-lamp-Surrey-design-Mary-Watts-Photo-Marie-Clements-Nov-2025--1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Compton-War-Memorial-with-its-lamp-Surrey-design-Mary-Watts-Photo-Marie-Clements-Nov-2025--1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Compton-War-Memorial-with-its-lamp-Surrey-design-Mary-Watts-Photo-Marie-Clements-Nov-2025--320x427.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Compton-War-Memorial-with-its-lamp-Surrey-design-Mary-Watts-Photo-Marie-Clements-Nov-2025--600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Compton-War-Memorial-with-its-lamp-Surrey-design-Mary-Watts-Photo-Marie-Clements-Nov-2025--scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Compton War Memorial with its lamp. Designed by Mary Watts. Photo Marie Clements, November 2025<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The carved inscription on the monument reads:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;In honoured memory of the men of Compton who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Through the ages one clear flame of sacrifice has burned, and by its light men see god.&#8221;&#8216;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This elegant, unique, Grade II war memorial in an Arts and Crafts style was designed by <strong>Mary Watts<\/strong>, and is an important feature of the thriving historic &#8211; and current &#8211; artists&#8217; village of Compton, Surrey. Mary and her celebrated husband, artist G. F. Watts, settled here in the Surrey Hills, and as was the case with all things aesthetic, Mary played a key role in the conception and execution of this Grey York Stone village war memorial &#8211; with its lamp. The <strong>Compton War Memorial<\/strong> was worked by A. and G. Avery from nearby Farncombe, at Mary&#8217;s home, Limnerslease, under her supervision. The stone shaft is surmounted by a terracotta lantern made by the <strong>Compton Pottery<\/strong> that Mary founded, which was staffed by village people. The lamp is lit at night.<\/p>\n<p>Unveiled and blessed on an afternoon in April 1922, the Compton village war memorial is dedicated to those who died in World War I &#8211; on land and at sea &#8211; mostly in France, one in Mesopotamia, and at the Battle of Jutland. A number of the Compton servicemen from WWI have no known grave. Compton people who died in WWII are remembered on the newer plaque on the wall of the stone enclosure around the memorial.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6134\" style=\"width: 377px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6134\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Compton-War-Memorial-Dedication-April-1922-compton-surrey-co-uk-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Compton-War-Memorial-Dedication-April-1922-compton-surrey-co-uk-.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Compton-War-Memorial-Dedication-April-1922-compton-surrey-co-uk--193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Compton-War-Memorial-Dedication-April-1922-compton-surrey-co-uk--320x498.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dedication of the Compton war memorial in April 1922. Photo: &#8216;Compton War Memorial&#8217; www.compton-surrey.co.uk\/compton-war-memorial<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Compton village website has a page dedicated to its war memorial. An excellent booklet can be downloaded which poignantly documents the making of the memorial, its history and the lives of those who were lost: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compton-surrey.co.uk\/compton-war-memorial\">https:\/\/www.compton-surrey.co.uk\/compton-war-memorial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ancient church of <a href=\"https:\/\/stnicholascompton.org\/\"><strong>St Nicholas <\/strong><\/a>in Compton is marking Remembrance Sunday &amp; Eucharist on 9th November 2025 from 10:15 \u2013 12:00 hrs. The war memorial on The Street is at the beginning of the path to the church.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6135\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6135\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stained-glass-in-memorium-for-1944-St-Nicholas-Compton-Photo-Marie-Clements-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stained-glass-in-memorium-for-1944-St-Nicholas-Compton-Photo-Marie-Clements-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stained-glass-in-memorium-for-1944-St-Nicholas-Compton-Photo-Marie-Clements-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stained-glass-in-memorium-for-1944-St-Nicholas-Compton-Photo-Marie-Clements-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stained-glass-in-memorium-for-1944-St-Nicholas-Compton-Photo-Marie-Clements-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stained-glass-in-memorium-for-1944-St-Nicholas-Compton-Photo-Marie-Clements-320x427.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stained-glass-in-memorium-for-1944-St-Nicholas-Compton-Photo-Marie-Clements-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stained-glass-in-memorium-for-1944-St-Nicholas-Compton-Photo-Marie-Clements-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stained glass in memory of Harold Cliff Hodges. Born 1918, killed in action in Italy on 16th January 1944. St Nicholas Church Compton. Photo Marie Clements.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/historicengland.org.uk\/listing\/the-list\/list-entry\/1429139?section=official-list-entry\"><strong>Historic England list entry<\/strong><\/a> for the memorial here.<\/p>\n<p>The first talk, by <strong>Lynne Walker FRIBA<\/strong>, in our recent online Lecture Series on <strong><em>Victorian and Edwardian Women in Architecture<\/em><\/strong> deals in part with <strong>Mary Watts<\/strong>&#8216; work, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/victorian-and-edwardian-women-in-architecture-by-lynne-walker-recording-tickets-1227907306809?aff=Website\">can be accessed here as a recording<\/a>. To visit Watts Gallery and Artists&#8217;s Village, including Mary and G.F. Watts house Limnerslease <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wattsgallery.org.uk\/\">read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6136\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6136\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mary-Watts-\u00a9-Watts-Gallery-Trust-714x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mary-Watts-\u00a9-Watts-Gallery-Trust-714x1024.jpg 714w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mary-Watts-\u00a9-Watts-Gallery-Trust-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mary-Watts-\u00a9-Watts-Gallery-Trust-768x1101.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mary-Watts-\u00a9-Watts-Gallery-Trust-1072x1536.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mary-Watts-\u00a9-Watts-Gallery-Trust-1429x2048.jpg 1429w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mary-Watts-\u00a9-Watts-Gallery-Trust-320x459.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mary-Watts-\u00a9-Watts-Gallery-Trust-600x860.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mary-Watts-\u00a9-Watts-Gallery-Trust-scaled.jpg 1786w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designer of the Compton War Memorial, Mary Watts. 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