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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Farnham (the Bourne), Surrey |
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The War Memorial for Farnham, the Bourne (Surrey)
Photo : Google Earth
The War Memorial for Farnham (the Bourne) is located on Frensham Road, Farnham, outside the Church of St. Thomas on the Bourne. There is also a War Memorial for Farnham itself, situated to the North of this particular War Memorial.
The War Memorial for Farnham (the Bourne) is a Celtic granite
cross on a two step base bearing engraving. Carved vine leaves and fruit are
down the shaft of the cross on the front face. The dedication is on the front
face, and the commemorations on the sides.
A transcription of the names is on the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials webste.
The memorial commemorates 97 names from the First World War and 34 names from the Second World War.
The main War Memorial for Farnham is also described on the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials webste. This memorial commemorates 278 names from the First World War and 230names from the Second World War.
Amongst the names commemorated on both memorials is that of 1 soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
Private Christian Robinson. 8568. 1st Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 October 1918.
Born Farnham, Enlisted Aldershot, Resided Lower Bourne (Farnham).
Commemorated on the DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GAE).
Buried LANDI KOTAL CEMETERY O. 20.
Private Robinson's Name on the War Memorial for Farnham, the Bourne (Surrey)
Photo : Surrey
in the Great War website
The Dedication on the War Memorial for Farnham, the Bourne (Surrey)
Photo : Surrey
in the Great War website
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