Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Runnymede
- Town
- Chertsey
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Joseph Whitehead & Sons (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 30th October 1921
Attended by: Lieutenant Colonel Clare DSO MC - Dedicated
Date: 30th October 1921
Attended by: Lord Bishop of Guildford - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2115
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Current location
Outside the Church on Windsor Street / London Street
St Peters Churchy
Windsor Street
Chertsey
Runnymede
Surrey
KT16 8AS
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 04211 66977
Denomination: Church of England, Methodist, United Reformed
- Description
- Two-stepped base surmounted by plinth and figure of a solider. Bronze solider is in battledress standing in Flanders mud with helmet raised in right hand and rifle held in left, butt to the ground and angled out from body. Inscription on bronze plaques on the sides of the plinth. Second World War names on plaques at the base of the plinth.
- Inscription
- (6 o'clock face): 1914 1919/ TO THE HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF/ CHERTSEY/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ ALSO OF THOSE/ 1939 WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 1945/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ (Names) (3 and 12 o'clock face): (Names) (9 o'clock face): (Names)/ ALSO IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION/ OF ALL THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN/ THE WAR
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, J H
Alford, F J
Andrews, R S
Arkins, L J H
Arnold, C J
Baker, R W
Balchin, E
Barker, W J
Barnett, T H
Bartram, J
See details for all 128 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 130
Served and returned: 0
Died: 130
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, initial
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 64
Served and returned: 0
Died: 64
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, initial
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: depth 2000mm, height 4000mm, width 2000mm
Materials: Granite - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Figure
Measurements: height C.4000MM, width C.2000MM
Materials: Bronze
- Plinth
- 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
- CHERTSEY SERVICEMAN
- WMO ID: 120452
- Condition: Good [last updated on 23-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: £2400
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Runnymede Borough Council
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Unveiling Ceremony Chertsey Town War Memorial booklet.
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