Shere village war memorial consists on a 'nameless' stone cross to the west of the St James's Church, and a bronze plaque bearing the names of the fallen on the inner northern wall of the church. It features 33 names. In the 1800's the parish of Shere also encompassed Gomshall and Peaslake, hence some men on the Peaslake War Memorial being referred to as born or resident in Shere.

Pte Joseph Thomas ATKINS	1st Bn Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	G/6805. Killed in Action, 23/04/1917, aged 40. Husband of Alice Elsie Atkins, of Rose Cottage, Shere, Guildford, Surrey. Remembered on the Arras Memorial, France
Cpl Frederick Charles BATCHELOR	5th Tank Corps	95722. Killed in Action, 09/08/1918, aged 26. Born 1892, Shere. Son of George & Louisa. Formerly Pte L/9475 of 2/Queens (RWSR). Buried in Caix British Cemetery, France.
Pte Walter BATCOCK	2nd/4th Bn Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	206535. Killed in Action, 27/12/1917. Believed to be William A Batcock. Born Shere 1895. Buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel.
Frank COLLIS		inconclusive
Pte Leonard CUMPER	10th Bn Royal Fusiliers	G/43614. Killed in Action 23/04/1917, aged c26. Born c1891 Croydon, mentioned as a pauper in 1901 Census. Resident Gomshall. Buried in Chili Trench Cemetery, Gavrelle, France
Frederick EDE		inconclusive
Pte George EGERTON	2nd/13th Kensington Bn. London Regiment	492653. Died 08/12/1917. Son of William and Laura Egerton, of Gomshall Mill, Guildford. Buried in the Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel.
Frederick H FOORD		inconclusive
Pte George Herbert GROVER M.M	2nd/4th Bn Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	206755. Killed in Action, 27/12/1917, aged 22. Son of Mr. E. A. and Mrs. Ellen I. Grover, of Shere, Guildford. Buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel.
George INWOOD		inconclusive
Charles JACK		inconclusive
L/Cpl Walter Herbert KILLICK	1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment	10886. Killed in Action 25/05/1916, aged 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Killick, of Mitre Cottage, Shere, Guildford, Surrey. Brother of Horace Albert. Buried in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Pte Horace Albert KILLICK	2nd Garrison Bn, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry	25121. Died 07/11/1917, aged 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Killick, of Mitre Cottage, Shere, Guildford, Surrey. Brother of Walter Herbert. Formerly Pte 10820 Wiltshire Regiment. Buried in Shere Churchyard Cemetery.
Rfm Thomas Harvey LANGRISH	13th Bn Rifle Brigade	S/16206. Killed in Action 11/04/1917, aged 21. Son of Thomas and Susan Langrish, of Shere, Guildford, Surrey. Remembered on the Arras Memorial, France
Capt Benjamin Eastlake LEADER	3rd Bn Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) attached to 2nd Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)	Killed in Action at Le Transloy, 12/10/1916, aged 39. Served in France from Jan 1915. Son of the late B. W. Leader, R.A., and Mary Eastlake Leader, of Burrows Cross, Gomshall, Guildford; husband of Isabella Leader (nee Anderson), of Rosemerrin, Bude, Cornwall. Educated at Charterhouse and Cambridge. An Artist. Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. (See Below)
Lt Richard Brereton MARRIOTT-WATSON M.C.	2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles	Died of Wounds, 24/03/1918. One of the war poets, his most known poem is entitled "Kismet". Son of the author and journalist Henry Brereton and Rosalind Marriott-Watson. Remembered on the Pozieres Memorial, France.
George A MURRAY	-	-
Jack MASON	-	-
Sgt Oliver Victor POULTON D.C.M.	15th Field Coy, Royal Engineers	17319. Died 28/06/1917. Husband of E. A. Benstead (formerly Poulton), of 3, Salters Hill, Upper Norwood, London. Born Portsmouth, Residence Upper Norwood, Surrey. Buried in Belgian Battery Corner Cem, Ypres.
Pte George PIZZEY	1st Bn Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	205359. Died 21/09/1918, aged 32. Born Gomshall. Son of George and Ellen Pizzey, of 1, Station Rd., Gomshall, Guildford. Buried in Meath Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, France
Pte Ernest RAGGETT	23rd Bn Middlesex Regiment	G/72684. Killed in Action 09/05/1918, aged 33. Born Bentley, Hants. Son of David and Eliza Raggett, of Stakes Corner, Littleton, Guildford; husband of Annie Eleanor Gertrude Raggett, of 10, Path Fields, Shere, Guildford.Remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Ypres.
Gnr George William REYNOLDS	336th Seige Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery	164114. Died 01/11/1918, aged 38. Born Shepherdswell, Kent. Son of William James and Ellen Reynolds, of Shere, Surrey; husband of Mrs. L. M. Reynolds, of 14, Melville Rd., Maidstone, Kent. Brother of Doulgas Reynolds. Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France.
Rfm Douglas REYNOLDS	17th Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps	C/4695. Died 03/09/1916, aged 21. Born Sherbourne, Surrey. Son of William and Ellen Reynolds, of Orchard Leigh, Shere, Guildford. Brother of George Willam Reynolds. Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme
Pte George William SWEET	5th Bn Suffolk Regiment	45455. Died at sea 30/12/1917, aged 19. Born, Gomshall 1898, son of James & Mercy Sweet (known as William George in CWGC). remembered on the Chatby Memorial, Egypt.
Sgt Algernon Rupert TAYLOR	4th Bn London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)	295661. Died 30/06/1918, aged 20. Born Shere, 1899, son of Son of George and Eva Taylor, of Rectory Cottage, Shere, Guildford, Surrey. Buried in Pernes British Cemetery, France.
Sgt George TARRANT M.M.	9th Bn Norfolk Regiment	Thought to be George Henry Tarrant (details specified). 19155. Died 28/04/1917, aged Born Westcott 1893. Son of Thomas & Sarah Tarrant. Buried in St Patrick's Cemetery, Loos, France.
Pte Albert James TOREVELL	119th Company, Labour Corps	71242. Died 31/12/1917, aged 41. Born Morden, Dorset. Son of James & Elizabeth Torevell. Husband of Alice Torevell, of 5, Queen St., Gomshall, Guildford, Surrey.(married 1903). Buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, France.
Hubert Henry J VINCENT	inconclusive	Born Shere 1893, son of Charles & Henrietta, brother of James Thomas Vincent.
James Thomas VINCENT	inconclusive	Born Shere 1900, son of Charles & Henrietta, brother of Hubert Vincent.
Capt Geoffrey Launcelot WATSON	'A' Company, 3rd Bn, attached 1st Bn East Surrey Regiment	Killed in Action, 20/04/1915, aged 35. Born East Farleigh, Kent 1880. Son of the Rev. Christopher S. Watson and Eliza M Watson. Remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
Sgt Cyril James WHITTY	1st Bn The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	T/205992. Killed in Action 14/04/1918, aged c25. Remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Born Shere, 1893, son of Mark Brett & Sarah Lorice Whitty. (Mark was the cousin of and grew up with Nelson and Edward Whitty, both lost in WW1 and remembered on the Ewhurst Memorial).
Rfm James WORSFOLD	1st Bn Royal Irish Rifles	9120. Killed in Action 10/03/1915 at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, aged 28. Born Ewhurst, 1886 , Son of Walter & Emily Worsfold of Church Cottages, Shere. Living at New Scotland, Albury (1901 Census) Brother of Wallace Worsfold. Remembered on the Le Touret Memorial, France
Pte Wallace WORSFOLD	11th Bn The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	G/7103. Died, 30/01/1918 in Italy, aged 22..Born Ewhurst, 1886 , Son of Walter & Emily Worsfold of Church Cottages, Shere. Living at New Scotland, Albury (1901 Census) Brother of Wallace Worsfold. Buried in the Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa, Italy.

Other Men mentioned in Soldiers Died in the Great War with a Shere or Gomshall connection:

Pte Charles William CHILDS	2nd Bn Royal Sussex Regiment	10410. Died 26/08/1915, aged 21. Born East Clandon 1893, residence Shere. Son of Harry & Sarah Childs. Buried in Vermelles British Cemetery, France
Gnr George Henry EDSER	94th Seige Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery	58905. Died 19/11/1917, aged 20.Born Shere 1897, son of William & Elizabeth Edser. Brother of Albert Edser (also killed in WW1) Residence Peaslake.Buried in Zuydcoote Military Cemetery, France. Remembered on the Peaslake War Memorial
Pte Arthur EDWARDS	6th Bn The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	G/4138. Killed in Action, 04/04/1916, aged 23. Born Shere c1893, Son of William & Emily Edwards of Littleton Farm, Reigate, Surrey. Residence Reigate. Brother of James Edwards. Remembered on the Loos Memorial, France.
Pte James EDWARDS	8th Bn The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	G/4137. Killed in Action, 01/02/1917, aged 21. Born Shere c1895, son of William & Emily Edwards of Ivy Cottage, Reigate Heath, Reigate. Residence Reigate. Brother of Arthur Edwards. Buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, France.
Pte Walter HUNT	1st Bn The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	G/246. Killed in Action 06/07/1916, aged c26. Born East Clandon c1890, son of William T & May Hunt. Residence Shere. Buried in Cambrin Churchyard Cemetery, France.
Pte Fred MANSELL	6th Bn the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	G/674. Killed in Action 19/07/1915, aged 29. (CWGC 09/07/1915). Born Shere c1886, son of Charles & Lucy Mansell. Residence Horsham. Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Remembered on the Peaslake War Memorial.
Pte Arthur MORRIS	7th Bn The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	T/241023. Killed in Action.19/09/1918 Resident in Gomshall. Enlisted Guildford. Remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France.
L/Cpl Frederick O'DOHERTY M.M	9th Bn Royal Fusiliers	133. Killed in Action, 06/08/1916, aged 38. Born Shere, c1878, son of John M & Elizabeth O'Doherty. Residence Gomshall. Remembered on the Peaslake War Memorial. Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pte Frederick William PETO	17th Bn (Sherwood Foresters) Notts & Derby Regiment	70272. Killed in Action 09/10/1916. Born Fulham, c1891. Son of William & Lydia Peto. Residence Shere. Remembered on the Peaslake War Memorial and the Thiepval Memorial, Somme France.
Pte Charles REMNANT	2nd Bn The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	G/22187. Killed in Action 26/10/1917, aged 20. Born Northchapel, Sussex 1897. Son of Edwin & Emily Remnant. Had previously enlisted in the KRRC in 1914, but been discharged on medical grounds. Remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Ypres.
Sgt Mornington TICKNER M.M.	1st Bn Coldstream Guards	10868. Killed in Action 15/09/1916, aged 19. Born Shere c1897. Son of George and Mary Tickner, of Downside, Peaslake, Guildford, Surrey. Residence Peaslake.Remembered on the Peaslake War Memorial and the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pte Alfred James UFFOLD	34th Bn Royal Fusiliers transferred to 101st Company, Labour Corps	26613 (60499 with Labour Corps). Died 27/05/1918, aged c35. Born Shere c1883, residence Westcott, Dorking. Buried in Westcott (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Surrey.

KISMET

Opal fires in the Western Sky

(For that which is written must ever be)

And a bullet comes droning, whining by,

To the heart of a sentry close to me.

For some go early and some go late

(a dying scream on the evening air)

And who is there that believes in Fate

As a soul goes out in the sunset flare?

Lt R.B. MARRIOTT-WATSON M.C., killed in action 1918