Memorial

Chipstead

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The memorial is located 50m in front of St Margaret's Church on the green, Church Green, Star Lane, Chipstead, Reigate And Banstead, Surrey, CR5 3RD, England

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TQ 28277 56409

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 23664
Description: The memorial consists of a medieval cross with floriated details terminating in a moulded cap which is set at the top of a tapering octagonal shaft. The shaft rises from an octagonal plinth which has carved shields of the Bishops of Southwark and Chertsey in arched niches on two faces and a representation of George and the Dragon in another. The whole is set upon an octagonal two stepped base. The main dedication to the fallen of the First World War is located within an arched niche on the plinth. The other faces of the plinth have square niches with the names of the fallen inscribed within them. On the moulded base of the plinth below the First World War dedication is a dedication for the Second World War. The other faces of the moulded plinth base are incised with the names of the fallen from the Second World War. One name of a serviceman who died in the Afghanistan conflict has also been added to the memorial.
Inscription: /TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE/CHIPSTEAD MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS RAISED/ BY THE PARISHONERS/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE"/ ECCLESIASTICUS XLIV.14/ (26 names)/ ALSO OF THOSE/ WHO FELL IN THE WAR/ 1939-45/ (16 names)/ AND THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN IN CONFLICTS/ SINCE 1945 (1 NAME)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 26
Died: 26
Information shown: Forenames / forename initials, surname
Order of names: alphabetical by surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 17
Died: 17
Information shown: Forenames / forename initials, surname
Order of names: alphabetical by surname

War: Afghanistan (2001-2014)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: forename, surname

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