Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Chapel: Dedicated within church building
- District
- Waverley
- Town
- Godalming
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Foundation Stone
Date: 7 June 1922
Attended by: Archbishop of Canterbury - Unveiled
Date: 15 July1950
Attended by: GEN THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ISMAY GCB CH DSO - Dedicated
Date: 15 July1950
Attended by: Archbishop of Canterbury - Unveiled
Date: 18 June 1927
Attended by: FIELD MARSHAL PLUMER - Consecrated
Date: 18 June 1927
Attended by: Bishop of Winchester - Show More (4)
- Foundation Stone
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23503
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Current location
Charterhouse School
Charterhouse Road
Godalming
Waverley
Surrey
GU7 2DX
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 965 451
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Chapel with 16 tablets placed in the antechapel containing the names of those killed, listed by year they left school. WW1 dead listed on West wall, WW2 on East.
- Inscription
- (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abadie, E H E
Abadie, R N
Abbott, T W
Adams, J S
Adams, R N
Aitchison, R A C
Aked, R B C
Allen, C R
Alston, C M
Alston, J W H
See details for all 277 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 340
Served and returned: 0
Died: 340
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials, year left school
Order of information: Year left school, then surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 692
Served and returned: 0
Died: 692
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, Initials, year left school
Order of information: year left school, then surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- Listing information
- CHAPEL AT CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL
- 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
- Charterhouse School Chapel
- WMO ID: 198189
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 03-03-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- Yes
Purpose: Providing education at Charterhouse for sons 0f Carthusians killed in the war. WW2 memorial had similar provision - Reference
- BRITISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAR MEMORIALS by KERNOT, C F pp.138-139 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:ROBERTS AND NEWTON 1927 LONDON
- Charterhouse School, charterhousewarmemorial.org.uk/authenticated/Browse.aspx, accessed 22nd February, 2024
- Our Blog ukniwm.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/satirist-unhappy-with-headstones-of-feuchy-chapel-british-cemetery-stretching-away-across-the-uplands-like-some-vast-dolls-housing-estate/
- Other website n/a www.charterhouse.org.uk/extracurricular/chapel.asp
- The Times 17 JHuly 1950 p.2 col.e
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