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Title
War Memorial
Date
1922
Medium
stone
Measurements
H 3600 x W 1120 x D (?) cm
Accession number
GU21_ML_S062
Acquisition method
commissioned by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Woking Borough Council
Custodian
Woking Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
24th May 1922
Listing date
03/07/17
Access
at all times
Inscription description
incised letters to front face: THE GREAT WAR / 1914–1919 / REMEMBER WITH THANKSGIVING / THE TRUE AND FAITHFUL MEN / AND WOMEN OF THIS TOWN / AND COUNTRYSIDE / WHO IN THESE YEARS OF WAR / WENT FORTH / FOR / GOD AND THE RIGHT / THE NAMES OF THOSE / WHO RETURNED NOT AGAIN / ARE HERE INSCRIBED / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / AND / THE WORLD WAR / 1939–1945; incised letters to rear face: DEDICATED IN VICTORIA GARDEN / 1922 / REMOVED TO TOWN SQUARE / 1975