Memorial

Ewhurst - Cross

Ewhurst - front view

Source: Copyright Richard Maddox

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Current Location

Directly in front of church, St Peter and Paul Church, The Street, B2127, Ewhurst, Waverley, Surrey, GU6 7PX, England

TQ 09081 40461

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 23565
Description: Rough hewn Celtic style wheel cross on rectangular sectioned tapering plinth and single-stepped rectangular base. Raised sword of sacrifice on front face of cross. Pinned-lead lettering and numerals form the inscription and names text on smoothened plinth faces. Memorial base is enclosed by a kerbstones and set on an elevated roadside platform outside the church grounds.
Inscription: 6 o'clock plinth face: IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF EWHURST / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / (8 NAMES) // 3 o'clock plinth face: (14 NAMES) // 9 o'clock plinth face: (14 NAMES) // 12 o'clock plinth face: (15 NAMES) / "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 51
Died: 51
Information shown: Rank, surname, forename, initials, regiment or service
Order of names: Rank. Each rank group listed alphabetically by surname with several exceptions

Cross

Made from: Granite - Cornish

Condition: Good