Kingswood and Tadworth

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Reference WMO/149972

Address:

Outside St Andrew's Church

Brighton Road

Kingswood

KT20 6QE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Limestone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Kingswood and Tadworth War Memorial was unveiled by Major Reginald Bonsor on 27 November 1920 and was designed by the noted architect and archaeologist Frederick Bligh Bond. The dates of the fallen of the Second World War were subsequently added to the memorial. Listed Grade II, list entry number 1457282.
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The dedication of the front of the plinth reads ‘1914-1918/ IN LASTING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ FOUGHT & DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY’. Above the inscription and on the other three principal sides of the plinth are recorded the 60 names of the fallen from the First World War. The two side faces bear the additional inscription ‘KINGSWOOD’ and ‘TADWORTH’. The rear face has the inscription ‘WE SHALL SERVE OUR GENERATIONS./ OUR REST WE EXPECT ELSEWHERE:/ THAT WILL BE DURABLE.’. On the front face of the top tier of the base, the inscription reads: ‘1939-1945/ IN LASTING MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY’ with the names of the 62 fallen from the Second World War on the front faces of the upper two tiers. Adjoining the rear of the memorial is a small paved area with the central stone bearing the inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THE/ PRINCESS LOUISE FUSILIERS/ & 48TH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA/ WHO WERE STATIONED LOCALLY/ AND GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR OUR FREEDOM/ 1939-1945’.

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Grade II (England)

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1457282

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