Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Tandridge
- Town
- Lingfield
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23851
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Current location
Village centre near the pond
War Memorial
The Gun Pond
Lingfield
Tandridge
Surrey
RH7 6AA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 38621 43545
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Finely worked lantern with octagonal column shaft, on square plinth. Set in brick walled enclosure between the road and the village pond. There are four circular plaques with the names of WW1 casualties and four rectangular plaques with the names of WW2 casualties.
- Inscription
- WW1 plaques: OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ (Names) // WW2 plaques: (Names) // Plaque: REBUILT BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / AND RE-DEDICATED 1981 // Step: YOU ARE REMINDED THAT/ THIS IS HALLOWED GROUND //
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 59
Served and returned: 0
Died: 59
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 30
Served and returned: 0
Died: 30
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Column
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Lamp or Lighting
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Column
- 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
- Lingfield WW1 and WW2 Memorial
- WMO ID: 186071
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2010, November: Plaques replaced on memorial. 2010, October: Bronze plaques stolen. They were recovered shortly afterwards when a metal dealer reported that they had been offered to him. 1981: Rebuilt and rededicated
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Surrey in the Great War - www.surreyinthegreatwar.org.uk/collections/getrecord/SHMEM_W_M_2061 - accessed 16 July 2020
- Historic England - historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1457964 - accessed 16 July 2020
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