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    Memorial

    Slinfold

    Memorial Cross

    Source: Copyright Frank Petty

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    Current Location

    Village Green, The Street, Slinfold, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 0RP, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 11785 31533

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    16689
    Description
    Base surmounted by plinth, shaft and rough hewn wheel cross. WW2 tablet added at the base. Whole is set within a flower bed
    Inscription
    6 O'CLOCK FACE: (NAMES) / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF SLINFOLD / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES) 12 O'CLOCK FACE: (NAMES)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    31
    Died
    31
    Information shown
    surname
    Order of names
    surname
    Maker(s)
    • MESSRS MAYNE & CO, Mason

    • MR GUMBRILL, Mason

    Costs
    FREE
    Sponsor Type
    public
    Sponsored By
    Collected by the 'Comrades of the War', now The British Legion.
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    Land given by the Parish Council
    Maintenance History
    3 of the 4 aluminium post are missing from the WW2 stone.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    17th July 1921

    LORD LECONFIELD

    Unveiled

    09th November 1947

    GENERAL HUGHES

    Rededicated

    09th November 1947

    Archdeacon of Chichester

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 1960MM

    Width: 1200MM

    Depth: 1000MM


    Made from: Granite - Cornish


    Condition: Good


    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    107235

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    • Sussex Archaeological Collections - Volume 139 - 2001
    • Further information in The Slinfold Parish Magazine
    • Historical records held at The Records Office at Chichester
    • Parish Magazine Dec 1947
    • See the Shinfold War Memorial Committee meeting notes for details on the proposals. (ex. 8th Oct 1920, 11 Nov 1920, 16th Jan 1921 for WW1 memorial details; 1st Jan 1946, 27th Feb 1946, 3rd April 1946 for WW2 memorial details)