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    Memorial

    Byfleet

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    Current Location

    About 100m north of the junction of High Rd and Parvis Rd, Byfleet, Woking, Surrey, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 05981 61240

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    Type of Memorial
    Cenotaph
    WMR Reference Number
    23502
    Description
    Cenotaph, predominantly brick with stone capstone and base.
    Inscription
    MAIN PANEL: 1914 1918/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THE PARISH OF BYFLEET/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ NOT GRUDGINGLY OR OF NECESSITY/ BUT THAT TRUTH AND JUSTICE MIGHT PREVAIL/ (NAMES)/ WE GRATEFULLY HONOUR AND REMEMBER THESE NAMES WW2 PANELS - LEFT AND RIGHT: 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES) BASE: THE MEN OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE/ WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION OR/ DIED OF WOUNDS DURING THE/ GREAT WAR NUMBERED 908,371
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    72
    Died
    72
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    14
    Died
    14
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname
    Maintenance History
    CLEANED IN 1954. WW2 PLAQUES ADDED IN 1974. PLAQUES REPAIRED IN 1983 AT A COST OF #161
    Custodian
    WOKING BOROUGH COUNCIL

    Components

    Plaques / Panels with names

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1484775

    Listed Feb 2023

    Cenotaph

    Height: 4650MM

    Width: 5250MM

    Depth: 1340MM


    Made from: Brick


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1484775

    Listed Feb 2023