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Latitude: 51.3867 / 51°23'12"N
Longitude: -0.3303 / 0°19'49"W
OS Eastings: 516278
OS Northings: 166615
OS Grid: TQ162666
Mapcode National: GBR 6H.KD5
Mapcode Global: VHGRG.7D6T
Plus Code: 9C3X9MP9+MV
Entry Name: Thames Ditton War Memorial
Listing Date: 1 December 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1430721
ID on this website: 101430721
Location: Giggs Hill Green, Thames Ditton, Elmbridge, Surrey, KT7
County: Surrey
District: Elmbridge
Electoral Ward/Division: Thames Ditton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Esher
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Surrey
Church of England Parish: Thames Ditton
Church of England Diocese: Guildford
Tagged with: Memorial War memorial Memorial cross
War memorial commemorating those from Thames Ditton who fell in the First and Second World Wars.
War memorial, c1920.
MATERIALS: granite
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands in the north-east corner of Giggs Hill Green without a formal boundary. The base is octagonal on plan and mounted on three rough-hewn steps. It has a tall slightly battered plinth in smooth finished granite upon which are inscribed the 89 names of the fallen.
An inscription on the northern face reads: IN THANKFULNESS/ TO GOD/ AND TO THE/ IMMORTAL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN & WOMEN/ OF THE PARISH OF/ THAMES DITTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/FOR/ KING AND EMPIRE/IN THE GREAT WARS OF/ 1914.1918 – 1939.1945/ DEATH IS SWALLOWED/ UP IN VICTORY.
The top of the base translates to the central cross via a rough-hewn octagonal moulding. The two metre high shaft of the cross is again octagonal with rough-hewn panels, as is the cross member. The top and cross member are terminated with concave mouldings. A copper wreath with a large inset sword is fixed to the northern face of the shaft.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 5 December 2016.
The war memorial, in remembrance of those from the Thames Ditton area who fell in the First World War, was unveiled between 1920 and 1924. The names of the fallen were carved in to the eight faces of the octagonal base. The main inscription was updated after the Second World War.
The Thames Ditton War Memorial, c1920, by architects unknown, is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons;
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: unaltered grand scale design enlivened by copper sculpture and constructed of good quality materials.
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