
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Arch
- District
- Guildford
- Town
- Guildford
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 6 November 1921 (WW1)
Attended by: Bishop of Winchester - Unveiled
Date: 5 November 1995 (WW2)
Attended by: Mayor of Guildford and Councillor Mrs Catherine Cobley. - Dedicated
Date: 5 November 1995 (WW2)
Attended by: Bishop Hugh Montefiore - Unveiled
Date: 6 November 1921 (WW1)
Attended by: Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Elles KCB, Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey and Chairman of the Territorial Force Association. - Show More (3)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23288
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Current location
North of the bowling green
Guildford WW1 & WW2
Castle Street / Pewley Hill
Guildford
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 4QJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 99810 49310
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Square archway supported by two massive square pillars at the ends, which contain inscribed names of WW1 soldiers, and two smaller columns nearer to the centre. It is surmounted by an urn at each end. WW2 names are inscribed on a new addition, a square block of Portland stone, which is placed centrally beneath the arch. The archway is set in a Garden of Remembrance.
- Inscription
- THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 202
Served and returned: 0
Died: 202
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 440
Served and returned: 0
Died: 440
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Arch
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Limestone, Stone - Portland - Garden
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Arch
- Listing information
- Guildford 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
- Guildford Memorial
- WMO ID: 185374
- Condition: Good [last updated on 12-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1995: WW2 names added.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Anonymous, 'Sgt Frederick James Webb: The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment', The Weaver, Volume 22, No 1, p. 31.
- www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/monuments-and-memorials/war-memorial-guildford-castle.html
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