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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Triptych
- District
- Croydon
- Town
- Riddlesdown
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 29 Sept 1935
Attended by: REV CANON MORRIS DEAN
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10768
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Current location
St James' Church
St James' Road
Riddlesdown
Croydon
Greater London
CR8 2DL
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 31960 60740
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- OAK TRIPTYCH HINGED LATEROLL COMPARTMENTS EACH WITH ONE COLUMN OF NAMES AND THE CENTRAL COMPARTMENT PAINTING OF ST GEORGE SLAYING DRAGON/CENTRAL COMPARTMENT SEGMENTAL PEDIMENT WITH CROSS IN RELIEF ON RED & WHITE SURROUND
- Inscription
- IN HONOURED AND LOVING / MEMORY OF THOSE WHO / MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE / IN THE WORLD WAR / ANNO DOMINI 1914-1918 / IN THE HOPE OF PEACE / AND GOODWILL ON EARTH. / Requiescant in pace
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bardwell, E J
Batten, S P
Butcher, H T
Cavenagh, J C
Coe, F
Coe, H J
Cole, R G
Cox, J
Dennett, M
Edmunds, E
See details for all 59 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 61
Served and returned: 0
Died: 61
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials, surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Unknown
Measurements: depth 12.1CM, height 1.53M, width 1.3M
Materials: Unknown
- Unknown
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Costs
Site: £20
Memorial: 13S 3D- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- CHURCH COUNCIL
- Reference
- At the Going Down of the Sun... An Account of Croydon's War Memorials. Author Ronald COX. Published 1992. -- Reference C42
- Image at - Purley and the Great War: sites.google.com/site/purleyandthegreatwar/local-memorials - accessed 28 October 2020
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