Memorial
Long Ditton
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Current Location
Located at the intersection of Church Road and Ditton Hill. , Church Road, Long Ditton, Elmbridge, Surrey, KT6 5HH, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 17351 66081
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 23365
- Description
- Celtic cross made of stone set on an octagonal tapering column. Column surmounts octagonal stone plinth which bears names. Plinth surmounts three-stepped stone base. Leaves and a rose are engraved into the head of the cross.
- Inscription
- THE/ MEN OF LONG DITTON/ WHOM THIS CROSS/ COMMEMORATES LEFT AT/ THE CALL OF KING AND/ COUNTRY ALL THAT/ WAS DEAR TO THEM/ ENDURED HARDNESS/ FACED DANGER AND/ FINALLY PASSED OUT/ OF THE SIGHT OF MEN/ BY THE PATH OF DUTY/ AND SELF-SACRIFICE/ GIVING UP THEIR OWN/ LIVES THAT OTHERS/ MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM North facing step: LET THOSE WHO LIVE AFTER SEE TO IT/ THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN/ THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LONG DITTON WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 74
- Died
- 74
- Information shown
- Surname, year died
- Order of names
- Year died, surname
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Components
- Cross
Height: 4000mm
Width: 3000mm
Made from: Stone
Condition: Unknown
Historic England
Grade: II
List Entry: 1426583
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1426583 (accessed 04/05/2026)
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 179532
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