BUCKLAND

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Reference WMO/100742

Address:

Village Green

Reigate Road

Buckland

RH3 7BH

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Located on the village green overlooking the village pond. A 10 feet high freestanding granite celtic style cross on a square granite plinth. Paving surround.WW1 names (7), rank and battalion on the South side facing the pond; WW2 names (11), rank and unit/force on the North side facing away from the pond. Supplementary WW2 Panel with 2 names below. Lead lettering. South Face 1914-1918 IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF BUCKLAND WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 2ND LT. EDWARD HENRY BOVILL - QUEENS WESTMINSTER RIFLES 2ND LT. JOHN ERIC BOVILL - 6TH DRAGOON GUARDS PTE JAMES ROWLAND CHILDS - ROYAL WEST KENT REGT. PTE ARTHUR EDWARDS - 6TH BATT. THE QUEENS R. W. SURREY REGT. PTE JAMES EDWARDS - 8TH BATT. THE QUEENS R. W. SURREY REGT. GUNNER CHARLES HERBERT EDWARDS - 95TH BATTERY R.F.A 2ND LT. ALAN GEORGE HILTON LIVESEY - 3RD BATT. LOYAL NORTH LANCS REGT. North Face 1939-1945 THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES WILLIAM JOHN BATCHELOR, GUNNER R.A. DENNIS CLABBURN-DETREZ, SGT.PILOT R.A.F. ALEXANDER GRANT DOUGLAS DALLAS, M.C. MAJOR, THE QUEENS ROYAL REGT. ALBERT WILLIAM HUSSEY, CPL. E. SURREY REGT. CHRISTOPHER HUMPHREY COTTON MINCHIN, PILOT OFFICER, R.A.F.V.R. DOUGLAS JAMES MAURICE COTTON MINCHIN, CAPT. THE CAMERONIANS, ATT. R.M. COMMANDO. ALAN PEACOCK, LIEUT. R.A.S.C. GILES ANTHONY RENSHAWE WELSFORD, F.O. R.A.F.V.R. ELIZABETH HATCHER. GERALD STARK TOLLER, F/O. R.A.F.V.R. (added 1963) Supplementary WW2 Panel PATRICK GEORGE FAERRIE DUMAS, SUB LIEUTENANT (A) R.N. JOHN DAVID PRITCHARD, PILOT OFFICER, R.A.F. Cleaning and refurbishment undertaken during 2014. Written history of the men and women completed in 2014. Available as a free PDF or iBook download on: http://www.bucklandsurrey.net/parish-council/war-memorial/
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1914 - 1918 In memory of the men of Buckland who fell in the Great War. 1939 - 1945 These gave their lives

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