Memorial details

Memorial type
Sculptured / Cast group
District
Mole Valley
Town
Headley
County
Surrey
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 26th September 1920
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
23395

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Current location

St Mary’s Church
Church Approach
Headley
Mole Valley
Surrey
KT18 6LD
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 20501 54799
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Two bronze figures of soldiers leaning on reversed rifles with WW1 names on rectangular tablet in between. WW2 names on tablet below. Note that stolen in 1997 but not been able to confirm this.
Inscription
1914 (unreadable or a carving) 1918 Upper tablet: FOR GOD KING AND / COUNTRY / (Eleven WW1 names) Middle tablet: THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE Lower tablet: 1939 / Three WW2 names / 1945
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Collins, William
Cordock, Frederick
Dibble, William Robert
Hankins, Thomas William
Hawkins, Harold
Lintern, Henry Joseph
Parsons, John
Payne, Edward
Rooke, Leonard
Ryder, Robert N D
See details for all 11 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 3
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: surname
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 11
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 11
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: forename, surname
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
History
1997: Stolen from the church.
Costs

Comments: Public subscription raised enough money for War Memorial tablet and street War Memorial with enough surplus to establish a Hospital Car Fund.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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