Merstham War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details Celtic cross memorial, unveiled 1921 to commemorate 90 local men who fell in the First World War, with the names of 35 of the fallen from the Second World War added after 1945. MATERIALS: granite stone monument with applied metal lettering. DESCRIPTION: The memorial stands on School Hill on the south side of the junction with London Road. It consists of a rough-hewn Celtic cross with a relief-carved sword to its front, set on a tapered, square-plan plinth and base. The front face of the cross shaft has applied lettering which reads IN MEMORY / OF / THE MEN OF / MERSTHAM / WHO LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES / FOR / THEIR COUNTRY / IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918. Beneath this, on the front face of the plinth, are the names of 90 of the local men who fell in the war. An additional inscription to the east face of the plinth commemorates the fallen from the Second World War; this is marked with applied lettering which reads TO THE MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR / 3 SEP 1939 – 15 AUG 1945, with the names of 35 of the fallen recorded below.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.