Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Elmbridge
- Town
- Long Ditton
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23365
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Current location
CORNER OF ST MARYS ROAD AND DITTON HILL
ST MARYS CHURCH
St Marys Rd
Long Ditton
Elmbridge
Surrey
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 160 660
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WHEEL CROSS OF STONE SET ON OCTAGONAL TAPERING COLUMN. COLUMN SURMOUNTS OCTAGONAL STONE PLINTH WHICH BEARS NAMES. PLINTH SURMOUNTS THREE-STEPPED STONE BASE. WHOLE SET IN GARDEN AREA. CARVING ON HEAD OF CROSS OF LEAVES. CARVING OF ROSE IN CENTRE OF HEAD.
- Inscription
- THE MEN OF LONG DITTON WHOM THIS CROSS COMMEMORATES LEFT AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM ENDURED HARDSHIP FACED DANGER AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Allnut, A
Barber, W H
Barrett, W J
Beale, A G
Bennett, L
Bickers, H C
Binstead, A E
Boatwright, J
Brewer, H A
Bright, P M
See details for all 74 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 74
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 74
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died
Order of information: year died,surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 4M, width 3M
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Long Ditton Memorial Cross
- 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
- Long Ditton WW1 and WW2 Cross
- WMO ID: 179532
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 04-01-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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