Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Mid Sussex
- Town
- Balcombe
- County
- West Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1921
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16641
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Current location
St Mary's Church
London Road / Handcross Road
Balcombe
Mid Sussex
West Sussex
RH17 6PX
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 30700 30910
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- SCULPTED FIGURE OF ST GEORGE IN THE CENTRE OF AN ALABASTER BLOCK BEARING NAMES AND INSCRIPTION. ST GEORGE IN ARMOUR WITH SWORD SHEATHED AND STANDARD FLYING ON THE END OF HIS LANCE WITH WHICH HE HAS KILLED THE DRAGON. ST GEORGE HAS A GILDED HALO, DETAILS OF FIGURE HIGHLIGHTED IN GILT AND ALL LETTERING IN GILT. ALSO ASSOCIATED BRASS PLAQUE
- Inscription
- 1914 - 1918/ REMEMBER YE WITH THANKSGIVING & ALL HONOUR BEFORE/ GOD AND MAN THESE MEN OF BALCOMBE WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ REMEMBER YE ALSO WITH THANKSGIVING THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aubertin, Gilbert
Backshall, Joseph
Botting, Jasper
Botting, Jesse
Botting, Robert
Bourn, Harry
Bourn, Henry
Brooks, Reginald T
Burchell, Charles H
Burchell, Thomas W
See details for all 39 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 39
Served and returned: 0
Died: 39
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 65MM, height 1090MM, width 995MM
Materials: Alabaster - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Alabaster - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- St. Mary's Church
- WMO ID: 183840
- Condition: Good [last updated on 25-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PCC
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