
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Park / Sports field
- District
- Mid Sussex
- Town
- East Grinstead
- County
- West Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians, Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Presented
Date: 1945
Attended by: Alfred WAGG - Unveiled
Date: 1950
Attended by: Garden & memorial - Show More (1)
- Presented
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 58776
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Current location
East Court
College Lane
East Grinstead
Mid Sussex
West Sussex
RH19 3LT
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 39892 38514
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A 48.6 hectare park presented as a war memorial in 1945 with a small Garden of Remembrance created in 1950. The war memorial in the garden is a rectangular wall with an opening containing a cross in the centre and a badge beneath. A plaque is at each side of the cross with the names. A round brick pier stands each end of the structure.
- Inscription
- Dedication plaque attached to wall of East Court: Remember/ ALFRED RALPH WAGG CBE/ Who gave the grounds of the East Court Estate/ and the garden of remembrance as a memorial/ to the men, women and chldren of/ East Grinstead who lost their lives/ in the 1939-1945 war. War memorial inscription: - Pediment: 1939 THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE 1945 - Left plaque: HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES/ (Names) - Right plaque: AIR RAID CASUALTIES/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 48
Served and returned: 0
Died: 48
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename.
Order of information: Surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 68
Served and returned: 0
Died: 68
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename.
Order of information: Surname.
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Wall
Measurements: height 2000mm, width 4000mm
Materials: Brick, Concrete - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Garden
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Park
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Wall
- 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
- East Grinstead WW2
- WMO ID: 123655
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 05-02-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- Yes
Purpose: In 1949, East Grinstead War Memorial Limited was set up to own and manage the estate for the enjoyment by the townspeople. - Reference
- The Courier July 6, 2006. Pg 13.
- East Court History: www.eastgrinstead.gov.uk/east-court/history/
- Parks & Gardens UK: www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/6868
- Other website www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/EastGrinsteadWW2Civilian.html
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