South Merstham War Memorial

The South Merstham War Memorial is a First World War memorial, believed to have been created by G Maile and Sons stone masons, and was unveiled on 1 November 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.

Made of Cornish granite, the memorial stands adjacent to the south-east corner of the Church of All Saints, built in 1951 by E F Starling. It is just over 3 meters (ten feet) tall and features a tall tapering shaft topped with a wheel cross. Both the face of the shaft and the arms of the cross are decorated with an intertwined flowing circular motif. The shaft is set on a battered, stepped base in two sections, which rests on a shallow, square granite plinth.

The memorial is enclosed in a small polygonal area, established after the Second World War, which is laid in crazy paving and surrounded by a low granite kerb with short, square section upstands at the corners and midpoints. The base of the memorial is inscribed with the words: "TO THE / GLORIOUS MEMORY OF / THE SOUTH MERSTHAM MEN / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WARS / 1914-1919 / 1939-1945 // GRANT THEM LORD ETERNAL REST / AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM."