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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Surrey Heath
- Town
- Bisley
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- LONDON NECROPOLIS COMPANY (Architect)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 25th September 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Dedicated
Date: 25th September 1921
Attended by: Bishop of Winchester - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23758
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Current location
Junction Of Church Ln And Guildford Rd
Bisley
Surrey Heath
Surrey
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 949 596
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- CROSS OF ROUGH-HEWN GRANITE SET ON TAPERING PLINTH. PLINTH BEARS NAMES AND INSCRIPTION. WHOLE SET ON SQUARE STONE BASE.
- Inscription
- TO THE LASTING MEMORY OF THOSE OF/ BISLEY PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"/ AND OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE/ WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ THAT HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bradford, Robert
Collins, Fred F
Daborn, Edwin G
Daborn, Horace
Henbest, Wilfred W
Hills, A Jack
Hone, Frederick
Mason, John
Newman, T Harrey
Petrie, Leslie R
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 8
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 851MM, height 3250MM, width 1016MM
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- BISLEY
- WMO ID: 163194
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-04-2019]
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- History
- 7 MARCH 1989; ROSES PLANTED IN FRONT OF MEMORIAL AS PART OF NATIONAL CREATE AND CARE PROJECT.
- Costs
Site: £105
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Woking News and Mail 1921: 4 March; 18 March; 15 April; 30 Sep.
- Carter Postcard Collection
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