War Memorial, Church of St John, Redhill

A churchyard war memorial which was unveiled in May 1920 and was designed by Frank Loughborough Pearson. The memorial is placed close to the eastern end of the Church of St John, Redhill, Surrey.

MATERIALS & PLAN: carved Northampton stone monument with a plinth, base and shaft supporting a lantern head.

DESCRIPTION: the monument has a plinth of two steps, above which is the tapered base which is square on plan. This is inscribed on its eastern face with the words: ‘IN MEMORY OF / THOSE OF THIS PARISH / AND CONGREGATION / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918 / THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE’. Below is inscribed ‘AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 – 1945’. This supports an octagonal tapered shaft, each side of which is shallowly fluted. The lantern is square and rests on the shaft head which has carved foliage. There is a niche to each of the four sides with cusped heads and colonettes. Statues within the niches are of the patron saints of the United Kingdom’s member countries, St George, St David, St Andrew and St Patrick. The circular cap has a cluster of colonettes which support the conical cap and knop finial.