Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Reigate And Banstead
- Town
- Chipstead
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23664
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Current location
50m in front of church on the green
St Margaret's Church
Church Green
Star Lane
Chipstead
Reigate And Banstead
Surrey
CR5 3RD
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 28277 56410
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Two stepped octagonal base surmounted by an octagonal plinth, shaft and foliate cross. Dedicatory inscription on the plinth. Two sides of the plinth contain the shields of the Bishops of Southwark and Chertsey.
- Inscription
- /TO THE/GLORIOUS MEMORY/OF THE/CHIPSTEAD MEN/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/FOR THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE GREAT WAR/194-1918/THIS MEMORIAL WAS RAISED/BY THE PARISHONERS/"THEIR NAME LIVETH/FOR EVERMORE"/ECCLESIASTICUS XLIV.14/ALSO OF THOSE/WHO FELL IN THE WAR/1939-45/(Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abdee, George
Bennett, Roland W
Burt, Thomas
Cable, William D
Corkran, R S
Cranham, Frank
Crowe, Charles
Dunn, Gerald M
Hyett, William H
Joyce, William
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- History
- Cleaned and refurbished in 1994
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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