Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Mole Valley
- Town
- Okewood Hill
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 64447
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Current location
St John the Baptist
Chapel Lane
Okewood Hill
Mole Valley
Surrey
RH5 5QT
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 12780 38026
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Tablet composed of tiles with a marble frame and decorative foliate and floral border. There is a Latin cross with a crown at top centre, followed by inscription, names and quotation. (In the inscription, the name of the town, Okewood, is spelled as 'Oakwood'.)
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF OAKWOOD/ PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (Names)/ "Greater love hath no man than this/ that a man lay down his life for his friends." St John: XX 13
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brady, Eric
Buss, Benjamin W
Charman, Henry J
Charman, Wm Frank
Cooper, George
Curtis, Edward J
Duffell, H
Elms, Henry
Etherington, Charles H
Foord, John R
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: rank
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Opus Sectile
- Tablet
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- The Fallen of Ewhurst and Ellen's Green, Surrey webpage archive: web.archive.org/web/20090107021849/www.ewhurstfallen.co.uk/Other%20parish%20memorials/Other%20Parish%20Memorials.htm
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