Memorial

Oxted - Cross

Cross

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Current Location

The memorial is located on the northern side of Church Lane adjacent to Master Park, Church Lane at the junction with Station Road West and East Hill Road, Oxted, Tandridge, Surrey, RH8 9NB, England

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TQ 39138 52744

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 23849
Description: A budded cross with an octagonal shaft on a square plinth placed on a three-stepped octagonal base. The dedication is on the step risers and the names are inscribed on the sides of the plinth. Set within a grassed area and separated from the adjacent footway by a short chain link and posts and Master Park by a 1m high hedge.
Inscription: Top step: IN HONOUR OF THOSE / WHO SERVED IN SYMPATHY / WITH THOSE WHO SUFFERED // Middle step: IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS / 1914-1919 1939-1945 // Bottom step: YOU ARE REMINDED THAT THIS IS SACRED GROUND // Front face: 1939 – 1945 // (41 names) // CIVILIAN CASUALTIES / (9 names) // Anti-clock: 1914 – 1918 // THE FOLLOWING FROM / THIS PARISH OF OXTED / GAVE THEIR LIVES / (17 names) // Back face: 1914 – 1918 // (31 names) // Anti-clock: 1914 - 1918 // (29 names) // Notice: THIS MONUMENT HAVING BEEN / DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / THE PUBLIC ARE RESPECTFULLY / REQUESTED TO OBSERVE THIS / AS SACRED GROUND. //

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 41
Died: 41
Information shown: surname, initials, decorations
Order of names: alphabetical by surname

War: Second World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 9
Died: 9
Information shown: surname, initials, gender
Order of names: alphabetical by surname

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 77
Died: 77
Information shown: surname, initials, decorations
Order of names: alphabetical by surname

Conservation

Custodian: Oxted Parish Council

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Oxted - Cross

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