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Molesey war memorial

Inscription

{Inscribed in the stone of the east face:}
In memory of the men of East & West Molesey who fell in the great war, 1914 - 1919.

{And below, on a bronze plaque:}
Also those who died 1939 - 45.

Going clockwise around the other three faces an alphabetical list of 131 names is inscribed in the stone. See Subjects commemorated.}

Transcribing the names was very difficult and there are probably errors, particularly in the L - P range. This was in addition to the usual difficult-to-distinguish Cs and Gs, and Es and Fs.

Site: Molesey war memorial (1 memorial)

KT8, Hurst Road

There is another similar memorial in West Molesey, but with a, more ornate, rectangular column rather than square.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Molesey war memorial

Subjects commemorated i

World War 1

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World War 2

Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...

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C. L. Aldous

Man of East or West Molesey who died in WW1.

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J. Armstrong

Man of East or West Molesey who died in WW1.

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