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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Park / Sports field
- District
- Waverley
- Town
- Haslemere
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: C1921
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41702
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Current location
Junction with Scotland Lane
Haslemere Recreation Ground
Old Haslemere Rd
Haslemere
Waverley
Surrey
GU27 3AR
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 90460 32270
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Nine acres of recreation ground with two dedicatory plaques. Inscription in black lettering on a white background.
- Inscription
- HASLEMERE WAR MEMORIAL/ RECREATION GROUND/ THIS GROUND WAS PURCHASED BY THE/ HASLEMERE WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE/ IN 1921 AND PRESENTED TO THE/ HASLEMERE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL/ AS A THANK-OFFERING FOR/ THOSE WHO SERVED AND THOSE/ WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Playing / Sports field
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Playing / Sports field
- 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
- Haslemere Memorial Recreation Ground
- WMO ID: 82883
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 03-05-2020]
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- Costs
Site: £2000
Comments: £300 was to be used to develop the field as a recreation ground.- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- WAVERLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Reference
- Proceedings of the War Memorial Committee (held in Surrey County Council Archives), 1919-1920.
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