Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Guildford
- Town
- Shackleford
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Mr R H Butterworth (Designer)
Messrs A and G Avery (Builder)
Sussex Stonemasons (Stone Carver) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 06 November 1921
Attended by: RELATIVES/FRIENDS OF THE FALLEN - Rededicated
Date: 14 November 2004
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Dedicated
Date: 06 November 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23675
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Current location
Outside St Marys Church
Corner Elstead Rd And Shackleford Rd
Shackleford
Guildford
Surrey
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 940 449
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Plain cross with plinth and base. Inscription and names on tablets affixed to plinth. Low wall around the cross on which are the Second World War tablets.
- Inscription
- BASE ALL SIDES: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SHACKLEFORD AND PEPER HAROW WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES N THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919./ (NAMES) SIDES AND BACK: (NAMES) BASE FRONT: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE TABLETS ON WALL: 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bias, J
Duke, J
Edwards, F A
Edwards, H
Elson, A
Fairtlough, F H
Fairtlough, G
Fry, A E
Fry, W P
Hawker, R
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 23
Served and returned: 0
Died: 23
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,decorations
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,decorations
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Doulting - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Doulting - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Bargate - Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - York - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Cross
- Listing information
- Shackleford and Peper Harow 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
- SHACKLEFORD & PEPER HAROW
- WMO ID: 174179
- Condition: Good [last updated on 22-03-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1939: Lettering on the memorial was filled in as a precaution to hide the names during WW2 1946: Lettering was restored in January 1950: WW2 names added to the memorial 1960's: Some repair work carried out but nature of repairs is unknown 2004: Refurbishment at a cost of c. £4,000 as First World War names eroded. The six panels were replaced with handcut letters in York stone. The details were copied as they appeared originally on the memorial except that the names of the regiments and one surname were written in full.
- Costs
Site: Free
Comments: Site was given by Col G R Hadaway J.P. (Royal Artillery) of Grenville. Bargate stone was provided by the Earl of Midleton- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Shackleford Parish Council A charitable trust was set up in to erect the memorial and the site was acquired by Goldalming Rural Parish Council in February 1922. Following the creation of new parished in 1933 the war memorial was conveyed to Shackleford
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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