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GUILDFORD
RAILWAY STATION WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © Gill
Cannnell & Andrew Dishman 2025
Guildford
Railway Station memorial located in the entrance hall of Guildford Railway
Station, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford. It takes the form of a simple,
white, marble tablet supported by two corbels with the inscription incised
in black captial letters. There are twenty names listed for World War
1 only although there is a commemoration to the six hundred and twenty
six men from Southern Railway who gave their lives in World War 2.
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Photographs
Copyright © Mick Tilley 2007 |
Their name liveth
for evermore
In memory of our comrades
from all departments at
Guildford Station
who gave their lives in the
Great War 1914-1918
| CARTER |
R
A |
No
further information currently |
| CHRISTMAS |
George
James |
Private
T/4455, 1st/5th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Died in United Kingdom 29 October 1915. Aged 45. Born London, resident
and enlisted Guildford, Surrey. Admiited to the National Union of
Railwaymen, Railway Workers, Guildford branch, as a Painter, in
8 May 1913. Buried in GUILDFORD CEMETERY, Surrey. Grave reference
4. Old Ground. B. 4287. See also Guildford
Memorial. |
| DOWDEN |
Thomas
W |
Sergeant
220277, 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London
Regiment formerly 3044, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Killed in action 30 December 1917. Aged 25. Enlisted Guildford.
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Dowden, of 20, Frome Terrace, Dorchester.
Admitted to the National Union of Railwaymen, Railway Workers, Guildford
branch, as a Porter, 24 July 1913, aged 21. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 D and 16 B. |
| EMMINGS |
Thomas
[William] |
Private
96024, Royal Defence Corps. Died in United Kingdom 29 November 1918.
Aged 40. Son of William Thomas Emmings; husband of Annie (nee Edgington)
Emmings, of Hill View, James Rd., Peasmarsh, Shalfold, Guildford,
married 14 April 1900 in Farncombe, St John, Surrey. Admiited to
the National Union of Railwaymen, Railway Workers, Guildford branch,
as a Bricklayer, 30 November 1916. Buried in SHALFORD CEMETERY,
Surrey. Grave reference D. 2. 192. |
| GILBERT |
Alfred |
Lance
Sergeant 5701, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action
15 September 1916. Born Stoughton, Surrey, enlisted Guildford, Surrey.
Employed as a Coalman at Guildford. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 D and 8 D.
See also Guildford Memorial. |
| HALL |
Charles
A |
Private
5412, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 21 March 1915. Aged 33. Born and resident
Guildford, Surrey, enlisted Reading. Husband of Lottie Emily Hall,
of 58, The Oval, Guildford Park Estate, Guildford. Admitted to the
National Union of Railwaymen, Railway Workers, Guildford branch,
as a Goods Porter, 28 July 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on
LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30. See also Guildford
Memorial. |
| HAWKINS |
C
G |
No
further information currently |
| HERRINGTON |
William
[George] |
Private
G/4423, 2nd Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Killed in action 1 September 1916. Aged 34. Born Petworth, Sussex,
resident and enlisted Guildford, Surrey. Admitted to the National
Union of Railwaymen, Railway Workers, Guildford branch, as a Labourer,
27 November 1913. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 D and 6 D. See also Guildford
Memorial. |
| KINGE |
Harry
aka Henry |
Corporal
45263, 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars.
Died 18 February 1919. Aged 36. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Kinge,
of 92, Cemetery Rd., Guildford. Platelayer. Admitted to the National
Union of Railwaymen, Railway Workers, Guildford branch, as a Labourer,
1 October 1913. Buried in South-East part of FRIMLEY (ST. PETER)
CHURCHYARD, Surrey. See also Guildford
Memorial. |
| MATLOCK |
George |
Sapper
257632, 2nd Light Railway Operating Company, Railways Battalion,
Royal Engineers formerly G/13188, Royal West Surrey Regiment. Killed
in action 21 March 1918. Aged 18. Born and enlisted Guildford, Surrey.
Son of George and Susan Matlock, of Slyfield Green, Stoke, Guildford.
Buried in FORESTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot I. Row
B. Grave 9. See also Guildford Memorial. |
| NEVILLE |
Ernest
William |
Sergeant
G/1978, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Killed in action 2 May 1916. Aged 33. Born North Coker, near Yeovil,
Somerset, resident East Coker, near Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Guildford,
Surrey. Son of Mrs. Ellen Baker, of Chapel Row, East Coker, Yeovil.
Admitted to the National Union of Railwaymen, Railway Workers, Guildford
branch, as a Porter, 27 November 1913. Buried in CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY
CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot II. Row G. Grave 6. See also Guildford
Memorial. |
| NEWNHAM |
Benjamin
Ernest [Fenner] |
Private 29744, 1st Battalion, Grenadiers Guards. Killed in action
24 February 1918. Aged 19. Born and enlisted Guildford, Surrey.
Baptised 5 February 1899 at Stoke Next Guildford, St John the Evangelist,
resident 30, Stoke Road, Guildford. Son of Benjamin and Grace Newnham,
of 22, Springfield Rd., Guildford. Good Porter at Guildford. Admitted
to the National Union of Railwaymen, Railway Workers, Guildford
branch, as a Porter, 9 November 1916, aged 18. Buried in LEVEL CROSSING
CEMETERY, FAMPOUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave
22. See also Guildford Memorial. |
| NORGATE |
William
[Charles] |
Private 70069, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire Regiment). Died on service 21 June 1918. Aged 29.
Born Ropley, Hampshire, resident Catford, Kent, enlisted Guildford,
Surrey. Admitted to the National Union of Railwaymen, Railway Workers,
Guildford branch, as a Labourer, 29 August 1913, aged 24. Buried
in SEDAN-TORCY FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, Ardennes, France. Row XX.
Grave 750. |
| PARRATT |
A
V |
No
further information currently |
| PLANT |
Ralph |
Corporal
7069, 2nd Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Killed
in action 18 April 1915. Aged 38. Born Burslem, Staffordshire, enlisted
Rotherham. Born 1887. Married Lily Brooks in the July to September
Quarter 1905 in Guildford Registration District, Surrey. In the
1911 census he was aged 26, born Burslem, Staffordshire, married
to Lily Plant with two daughters, a Platelayer, resident Bellfield,
Guildford, Surrey. Admitted to National Union of Railwaymen, Railway
Workers, as a Platelayer, Guildford Branch, Surrey, 1 August 1913.
Buried in OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
VII. Row J. Grave 10. See also Guildford
Memorial. |
| RANDALL |
William
Richard [Marsh] |
Private
T/206676, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Killed in action 25 August 1918. Aged 19. Born, resident and enlisted
Guildford, Surrey. Son of William and Caroline Randall. In the 1911
census he was aged 12, born Guildford, Surrey, resident 16 Stockwell
Springfield Road, Guildford, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated
on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 3. See also
Guildford Memorial. |
| SHORT |
P
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further information currently |
| SMITH |
C
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| SPENCER |
L
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| WRIGHT |
Edward |
Acting
Lance Corporal 7645, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action 20 April 1915. Born and enlisted Northampton, resident
Guildford, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31. |
And
of the 626 men of the
Southern Railway
Who gave their lives in the
1939-1945 War
Last updated
23 November, 2025
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