Memorial
Wokingham
Current Location
In the war memorial room, Wokingham Town Hall, Market Place, Wokingham, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG11 1AS, England
OS Grid Reference
SU 81207 68569
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 117
- Description
- LARGE WALL MOUNTED OAK BOARD WITH THREE SEPARATE PANELS FOR EACH WAR. TWO ENGLISH ROSES AND SWORDS WITH ENTWINED OAK LEAVES AND ACORNS
- Inscription
- IN GLORIOUS MEMORY 1914-1919/ TO THE HONOUR OF THE MEN OF WOKINGHAM WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ THE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC BUILDINGS IN DENMARK STREET WERE/ ALSO ACQUIRED BY THE TOWN AS A GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO/ THEIR GALLANT MEMORY
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 217
- Died
- 217
- Information shown
- Surname, forenames
- Order of names
- Surname
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 102
- Died
- 102
- Information shown
- surname, forenames
- Order of names
- surname THEN forename
- War
- Falklands Conflict (1982)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- surname,forenames
- Maker(s)
Mr Vincent Packard (?), Designer
Mr. E. C. Hughes, Albion Works, Wokingham, Makers
Ceremonies
Unveiled
10th February 1924
Admiral of the Fleet Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee, Bt., K.C.B.(?), K.C.M.G. etc
- Custodian
- WOKINGHAM TOWN COUNCIL
- Reading Observer - Saturday 16 February 1924 Page 3 WOKINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL. ---
- Reading Observer - Saturday 16 February 1924 Page 9 FAMOUS ADMIRAL UNVEILS WOKINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL. Unveiling by Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee. (pictures) ---
- Reading Standard - Saturday 16 February 1924 Page 5 WOKINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL. Unveiling by Admiral Sturden. ---