Memorial

Ashurst Wood

Location

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Current Location

Roadside, Junction Of Hammerwood Road And Wall Hill Road, Ashurst Wood, Mid Sussex, West Sussex, RH19 3QT, England

TQ 41929 36553

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 17278
Description: Square pillar surmounted by a small Greek cross, on two stepped base. Set on elevated platform with stone surrounding wall.
Inscription: Front Face: TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF/ ASHURST WOOD/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WARS// LEST WE FORGET/ 1914-1918// 1939-1945// Side Faces: (Names)

Maintenance History: 1997/8: Surrounding wall damaged by collision with lorry. Repaired in February 1998 completed by the East Grinstead Town Council at the cost of around & £163-370.

Unveiled

August 1921

Sir George Wyatt Truscott, Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Pillar

Height: 3000mm

Width: 500mm

Depth: 500mm

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1452735

Family Roots F.H.S. (Eastbourne & District), 'Rolls of Honour and War Memorials in Some East Sussex Villages', Vol 5, compiled by L. Medhurst & E. Pitcher (1992), p 1-2.