Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Guildford
- Town
- Compton
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: April 1922
Attended by: Brigadier General F C Longbourne, CMG, DSO and it was dedicated by Compton’s rector, Rev A B Gwynn
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23279
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Current location
To the right of the entrance to road up to church.
St. Nicholas Church
The Street
Compton
Guildford
Surrey
GU3 1EG
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 95450 47024
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Obelisk carved in the arts and crafts style and surmounted by a lantern. Mounted on the wall behind is a stone tablet with the WW1 names repeated and the WW2 names added. Surmounted by a lantern.
- Inscription
- FRONT OF OBELISK: (NAMES)/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF COMPTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918 / THROUGH THE AGES ONE CLEAR FLAME OF SACRIFICE HAS / BURNED, AND BY ITS LIGHT MEN SEE GOD REAR OF OBELISK: (NAMES)/ TABLET ATTACHED TO WALL BEHIND: "THEIR NAMES LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE"/ 1914 - 1918/ (names) 1939 - 1945/ (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bond, John R F
Chapman, Michael
Gillett, George M
Hodgson, H P E
Horlock, George
Hounsome, William
Jupp, Thomas W
Lawson, A Cyril
Lenton, Stewart W
Marchant, Andrew B
See details for all 20 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- Compton War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- War Memorial, St Nicholas Church
- WMO ID: 157466
- Condition: Good [last updated on 26-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Benefice of Compton, Shackleford and Peper Harow www.comshackpep.co.uk/home/4578489844
- historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1429139 Details recorded on Historic Englands's Listings register
- Carter Postcard Collection
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