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    Memorial

    Oxted - Cross

    Cross

    Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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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

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 39138 52744

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    © WMR-23849

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    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. //
    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
    Custodian
    Oxted Parish Council

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


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    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    186871

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