Memorial details

Memorial type
Hospital / Clinic
District
Guildford
Town
Guildford
County
Surrey
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War - civilians
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: July 1922
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
74218

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Current location

Farnham Road Hospital (formerly Surrey County Hospital)
Farnham Road
Guildford
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7LX
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 98922 49386
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Annexe to Nurse's Home bearing sculpted female VAD nurse above stone surround containing a round-headed tablet with the year built at top centre. Incised inscription and names.
Inscription
1922 / This BUILDING was erected / by the SURREY Branch of the / BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY / in memory of SURREY V.A.Ds / who Gave Their Lives / for their Country. / (25 NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adds, Florence
Arnold, Margaret Trevenen
Bolton, Edith
Bridge, Jesse
Burgess, Mary Ann
Clibbens, Beatrice L
Davis, George Phillip
Davis, Mildred
De Mesnie Atkinson, Winifred E
Ede, Dorothy
See details for all 25 names
Commemorations
  • First World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 25
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 25
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forenames, initials
    Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname
Components
  • Building
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brick, Stone
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private,public
Details: Erected 1922 at the then Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford using funds remaining from war collections and and donated by Lord Onslow. Annex built to Nurses' Home as memorial to members of the Surrey Branch of the British Red Cross Society who died in the War.
Reference
  • Guildford In The Great War. Published WH Oakley Billings and Sons, 1934
  • British Red Cross Society Museum and Archive. Red Cross Magazine, October 1922
  • British Red Cross Society Archive. VAD Record Cards
  • Surrey Herald, 8 June 1917, 15 June 1917
  • British Red Cross Society Archive. Red Cross Roll of Honour- List of VAD Casualties
  • Surrey Advertiser, 29 July 1922

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