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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Surbiton (Kingston upon Thames) |
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The War Memorial for Surbiton (Kingston upon Thames)
Photo : Daniela Cäsar of the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials website
The Surbiton War Memorial is located outside the Public Library
on Ewell Road, Surbiton.
The memorial is a Cross on a tapered octagonal column set on a three stepped
plinth. The commemorations are set around on the sides of main plinth below
the column.
382 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War.
1 soldier who served in the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the memorial.
Private Frederick Leslie Reading. 5232. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 18556 E Surrey Regt. Killed 6 November 1916.
Enlisted KIngston-on-Thames, Resided Tolworth.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Tolworth is a district in Surbiton)
Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) commented
that Frederick Redding was baptised
in Surbiton's parish church, and his mother Emma
lived in Surbiton.
F R Redding's Name on the War Memorial for Surbiton (Kingston upon Thames)
Photo : Daniela Cäsar of the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials website
The Dedication on the War Memorial for Surbiton (Kingston upon Thames)
Photo : Daniela Cäsar of the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials website
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