Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Elmbridge
Town
Thames Ditton
County
Surrey
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
23440

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Current location

Giggs Hill Green
Giggs Hill Road
Thames Ditton
Elmbridge
Surrey
KT7 0EG
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 16279 66617
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
STONE CROSS WITH OCTAGONAL SHAFT SURMOUNTS OCTAGONAL STONE PLINTH. PLINTH BEARS NAMES AND INSCRIPTION IN INCISED LETTERING PAINTED BLACK. WHOLE STANDS ON THREE-STEPPED BASE OF ROUGH-HEWN STONE. METAL RELIEF OF SWORD ON SHAFT OF CROSS. LAUREL WREATH SURROUNDS HANDLE OF SWORD.
Inscription
IN THANKFULNESS/ TO GOD/ AND TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN & WOMEN OF THE PARISH OF/ THAMES DITTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR/ KING AND EMPIRE/ IN THE GREAT WARS OF 1914 . 1918 - 1939 . 1945/ "DEATH IS SWALLOWED/ UP IN VICTORY"/ (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ames, W
Attwell, W H
Babbage, H
Balshaw, C A
Battersby, C F P
Bew, R
Blachford, L C
Boxall, W H
Buckingham, E C
Bunton, E
See details for all 89 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 88
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 88
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • Thames Ditton 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
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Percy Simmonds Photograph Collection
  • Carter Postcard Collection

This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.

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