Memorial

Christ Church - Tablet, WW1

Virginia Water - WW1

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Current Location

On the wall of the nave, opposite the WW2 tablet., Christ Church, Christchurch Road, Virginia Water, Runnymede, Surrey, GU25 4PT, England

SU 98888 68547

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 23296
Description: Wall mounted, portrait oriented, nowy-headed grey polished marble tablet. Crossed flags and a crown all in relief at top centre. Incised inscription infilled with black paint.
Inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF MEN / OF VIRGINIA WATER / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR / COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / (41 NAMES) / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 41
Died: 41
Information shown: Forename, initials, surname, honours, rank, regiment or service
Order of names: Listed alphabetically by surname with two exceptions

Tablet

Made from: Marble - Grey

Condition: Good

Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette - Friday 31 October 1919 / https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002285/19191031/070/0005 Alderman Rudolph De Salis, of Portnall Park, Virginia Water, unveiled a marble tablet in the parish church there in memory of the men of the locality who lost their lives in the war.