St John's World War I Memorial
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The following is a list of men who are commemorated on the First World War memorial in the churchyard
extention of St John's parish church, Woking. The war memorial was dedicated on 25th September 1921, by the suffragan Bishop of Guildford, John Randolph, and unveiled by Maj Gen C E Corkran C.B. C.M.G.
The War Memorial lists the names of 108 local men who died in the First World War, and carries the inscription
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori [It is sweet and honourable to die for your country], which generally fell from favour after the horrors of the Great War. The memorial is Grade II listed, having been listed in 2015.
Of the 108 names on the memorial, four are buried in Commonwealth War Grave Commission (CWGC) graves within the cemetery. There are two other CWGC burials, in the cemetery – those of Frederick William George Knott and Alfred Charles Dawson – whose names do not appear on the memorial. Also, Herbert Dunford, whose name does not appear but was from the area and is buried in Brookwood Cemetery, has been included.
All but two of the names – Frank George Baker and Frederick Webb – are also recorded on the
memorial in Woking’s Jubilee Square (formally Town Square). Twenty-eight of the names appear on the Knaphill Holy Trinity Memorial, seven on the Goldsworth Nursery memorial, five on the Brookwood Memorial Hall tablet, and three on the Brookwood Hospital memorial.
Index to Names:
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individuals; click on the name to go to the page for that individual
