Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Woking
- Town
- Woking
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 24th May 1922 Empire Day
Attended by: Field Marshal Sir William R Robertson Bart, GCB GCMG KCVO DSO
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23679
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Current location
Town Square
Jubilee Square
Woking
Woking
Surrey
GU21 6AE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 00535 58859
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Victoria Garden
Woking
Woking
Surrey
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Victoria Garden
- Description
- Figure of winged and draped victory with right arm extended holding a wreath of peace. On tall rectangular plinth and two stepped base. On the higher front face of the plinth is an inverted sword of sacrifice in relief. On the front face at the base is small wreath.
- Inscription
- (6 O'CLOCK) THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ REMEMBER WITH THANKSGIVING/ THE TRUE AND FAITHFUL MEN/ AND WOMEN OF THIS TOWN/ AND COUNTRYSIDE/ WHO IN THESE YEARS OF WAR/ WENT FORTH/ FOR/ GOD AND THE RIGHT/ THE NAMES OF THOSE/ WHO RETURNED NOT AGAIN/ ARE HERE INSCRIBED/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ AND/ THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945 (OTHER FACES (NAMES) (12 O'CLOCK FACE) (NAMES)/ DEDICATED IN VICTORIA GARDEN/ 1922/ REMOVED TO TOWN SQUARE/ 1975
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Acock, Sydney W
Akehurst, Charles
Alesbury, Sydney T
Alexander, John
Allard, Stanley N
Allen, W George
Annetts, George
Annetts, John
Anstey, Albert
Bacon, John L
See details for all 552 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 552
Served and returned: 0
Died: 552
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: height 3600MM, width 1170MM
Materials: Stone - Base
Measurements: width 3050MM
Materials: Stone - Figure
Measurements: height 1680MM
Materials: Bronze
- Plinth
- Listing information
- Woking 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
- Woking War Memorial
- WMO ID: 158822
- Condition: Good [last updated on 31-05-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- LONDON NECROPOLIS COMPANY CLEANED THE MEMORIAL IN JULY 1946 (£74.12.10), ADDED THE WW2 INSCRIPTION IN APRIL 1950 AND CLEANED IT AGAIN IN MARCH 1953 (£109).
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- WOKING BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Reference
- Woking News and Mail 13 February 1920
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Illustrated London News - Saturday 10 June 1922 (photograph of memorial)
- Woking News and Mail 13 December 1920
- Woking News and Mail 03 December 1920
- Woking News and Mail 14 May 1920
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