Camberley Memorial Cross

The war memorial cross was erected in 1922. It sits within a paved area enclosed by low walls, south of, and in line with, the C19 lodge to the Royal Military Academy by James Wyatt.

MATERIALS & PLAN: the monument consists of a large, rock-hewn Latin cross of granite, mounted on a square, stone base which sits on a plinth which is approached by three steps to each side. At each corner of the base there are low piers of two diminishing stages which may have been added later.

The Latin cross has a tapered shaft and a further, incised cross at its head on the southern side. Inscribed in relief at its base on the southern face is ‘THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1919’. On the northern face is inscribed ‘TO OUR / GLORIOUS / DEAD’. An added granite plaque at the base of the cross base on the southern face reads ‘WORLD / WAR / 1939 – 1945’.

The names of those who died in the First World War are inscribed in two columns on each face of the main cross base. The names of those who died in the Second World War are inscribed on the four smaller piers at the corners of the plinth.