Young offenders have created a memorial bench to replace a stolen bench and mark the centenary of the Great War.

The pine bench, with a plaque saying Respect and Remember 1914-2014, will be officially unveiled on Wednesday near Nethercott Opticians in Station Approach, Tadworth.

It is part of a project to restore war memorials, called a Respect and Remember, which is funded by the Police and Crime Commissioner Kevin Hurley’s office.

A spokesman for the office said: "The original bench was sadly stolen. This new bench was made by young people in Surrey as part of their community reparation work with the Surrey Youth Support Service.

"It was then fixed in place and varnished by a Community Payback team from the Kent, Surrey, Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company."

The bench was stolen in summer 2013 and its replacement was created at a carpentry workshop for young offenders. 

Mr Hurley's office has provided a grant of up £70,000 to the Respect and Remember project which is expected to last four years.

Adam Thomas, from the rehabilitation company, said: "It’s great for our Community Payback teams to get involved with such a worthy project. I know they find the work really rewarding.

"One of them made a point of telling me how good it was to be part of the Remembrance commemorations.

"It means something to them, makes them feel like they’re giving something valuable back to the community and that’s really important for their rehabilitation."

Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Jeff Harris said: "It is a pleasure to see Respect and Remember starting to achieve what we had hoped for - memorials commemorating Surrey people who gave their lives for our country being restored to their rightful best after years of neglect; and Community Payback teams taking a sense of pride and ownership in communities they had previously offended against."