Category Archives: Surrey

Chertsey War Memorial

   

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Addlestone War Memorial

If you are unaware of the fate of Fusilier Lee Rigby on a London street in May 2013, it is a harrowing tale and one you can read about elsewhere, but on seeing this message… …it didn’t surprise me to … Continue reading

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Woodham – All Saints Church & War Memorial

Is the figure of Christ (above) the same one as in this photograph (below) of the original Woodham Roll of Honour? Update 2017:    

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Leatherhead – Church of St. Mary & St. Nicholas

One day I shall return with my camera, as opposed to my phone.  Promise.

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Weybridge Cemetery

John Gleeson was one of the 83 victims of the Luftwaffe raid on the Brooklands factory on 4th September 1940.  There’s more information here, and you can read an eye witness account if you check out Bill’s comment at the … Continue reading

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Dorking – St. Martin’s Church & Old War Memorial

         

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Dorking Cemetery

There are thirty First World War graves here, and thirty two from the Second World War.  The majority of the burials are scattered throughout the cemetery, although there is a small World War II plot near the northern boundary. World … Continue reading

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