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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.

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

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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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