Busbridge War Memorial

Godalming, United Kingdom

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Busbridge War Memorial stands in the churchyard of St John's Church in the village of Busbridge, Surrey, a First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled in 1922. The memorial consists of a 7-metre-tall tapering shaft with short arms moulded near the top, one of fifteen stone crosses Lutyens designed, mostly for small villages. Positioned at the junction of two roads at the end of the triangular churchyard, it serves as a prominent landmark. Unlike many war memorials, no names are inscribed on the cross itself; instead, the fallen are recorded inside the church, which also features stained-glass windows commemorating the war. The memorial was unveiled by General Sir Charles Monro, colonel of the local regiment, on 23 July 1922, before a large crowd. Lutyens's connection to Busbridge dated to the 1880s through his partnership with artist and gardener Gertrude Jekyll, whose nearby home at Munstead Wood led to numerous country-house commissions. The memorial was listed in 1991 and upgraded to Grade II* in 2015 when Historic England designated Lutyens's war memorials a national collection.

Architect

Edwin Lutyens

Type: war memorial
Heritage: Grade II* listed building
Place: Godalming, United Kingdom

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