An impressive unveiling ceremony took place on Easter Sunday 1921. The Tongham Band played as Lady Napier and Sir Walter Napier arrived between lines of the 2nd Ash Scout Troop and the Ash Comrades. The service opened with the hymn "Fight the Good Fight", and the Reverend Lacey mentioned the names of all 112 who had died in the Great War in the first prayer.

The Reverend Lacey of St Mary's Church dedicated the memorial and Lady Napier unveiled it. Mrs Mackay placed a wreath at its foot on behalf of the committee and Colonel S. Longhurst followed with a large wreath from the Ash Comrades, about 80 of whom were present. Many other tributes followed, and then Sir Walter Napier gave an inspiring address, remembering not only those who died but also those who returned, some of them maimed for life.

The Reverend Lacey said a final prayer, which was followed by the Blessing and the Last Post and Reveille sounded by the trumpeters of the 13th Hussars. The ceremony ended with the National Anthem.

Most members of Ash Parish Council were present along with the memorial committee and Reverend Lambrick of St Peter's Church. The united choirs of St Peter's and St Mary's and the two Ash Chapels led the singing.

The memorial is a tapering column of portland stone with a cross at the top set in a large block about four feet high with panels made of Hopton Wood stone. The symbols of the four leading British colonies are carved just below the cross, and the four emblems of Great Britain are carved at the base of the column just above the large block. Around the base are stone steps in the form of octagons, and a stretch of gravel surrounded by a shrubbery. The memorial was designed by Messrs. H. Falkner of Farnham and erected by Messrs. S.C. Mardels of the Memorial Works in Fleet.

The site was given by Mr Isaac Field as a memorial to his son, one of those who made the supreme sacrifice.