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    Memorial

    Guildford Archway

    6 o'clock face of memorial

    Source: Copyright Andrew Tatham

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    Current Location

    North of the bowling green, Guildford WW1 & WW2, Castle Street / Pewley Hill, Guildford, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4QJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SU 99810 49310

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    Type of Memorial
    Arch
    WMR Reference Number
    23288
    Description
    Square archway supported by two massive square pillars at the ends, which contain inscribed names of WW1 soldiers, and two smaller columns nearer to the centre. It is surmounted by an urn at each end. WW2 names are inscribed on a new addition, a square block of Portland stone, which is placed centrally beneath the arch. The archway is set in a Garden of Remembrance.
    Inscription
    THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    440
    Died
    440
    Information shown
    surname, rank, regiment
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    202
    Died
    202
    Information shown
    surname, forename
    Order of names
    surname
    Maker(s)
    • Haven Memorials of Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire and Guildford Borough Council's Parks & Open Spaces department (jointly designed the WW2 addition), Designer

    Maintenance History
    1995: WW2 names added.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    5 November 1995 (WW2)

    Mayor of Guildford and Councillor Mrs Catherine Cobley.

    Dedicated

    5 November 1995 (WW2)

    Bishop Hugh Montefiore

    Unveiled

    6 November 1921 (WW1)

    Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Elles KCB, Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey and Chairman of the Territorial Force Association.

    Dedicated

    6 November 1921 (WW1)

    Bishop of Winchester

    Components

    Arch

    Made from: Stone - Limestone, Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Garden



    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • https://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/monuments-and-memorials/war-memorial-guildford-castle.html
    • Anonymous, 'Sgt Frederick James Webb: The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment', The Weaver, Volume 22, No 1, p. 31.