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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Chichester
- Town
- Lynchmere
- County
- West Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 40245
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Current location
Near Shottermill Ponds
Camelsdale Road
Lynchmere
Chichester
West Sussex
GU27 3RB
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 88280 32310
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Crosslet cross set on a tapering shaft and square plinth. The whole is set on three steps and a base. WW1 dedicatory tablets set on the faces of the plinth. WW2 tablets set on the faces of the top step.
- Inscription
- WW1 on plinth:- ERECTED TO THE MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF LYNCHMERE / HAMMER AND CAMELSDALE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / THE COUNTRY DURING THE / GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 + / “THESE DIED IN WAR / THAT WE IN PEACE MIGHT LIVE / THEY GAVE THEIR BEST / SO WE OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE” // WW2 on top step:- IN MEMORY OF SERVICE / MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO DIED IN THE WAR / 1939 . 1945 //
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Andree, W
Andrews, H
Bicknell, H L
Bocker, R
Bullen, A
Carrick, J
Catchpole, M
Chitty, A
Clue, A A F
Coombes, E
See details for all 53 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 53
Served and returned: 0
Died: 53
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initial, surname
Order of information: surname with additional names - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials, surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 4000MM
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
- Lynchmere, Hammer & Camelsdale Cross (Linchmere)
- WMO ID: 84274
- Condition: Good [last updated on 22-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2003: MEMORIAL IN NEED OF A CLEAN AS LETTERING IS DIFFICULT TO READ
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Haslemere Today - haslemeretoday.com/portfolio-items/camelsdale-memorial-1-1/ - accessed 17 June 2020
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