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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Croydon
- Town
- Thornton Heath
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1920's
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10776
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Current location
South side of the Sanctuary
St Jude with St Aidan Church
Thornton Road
Thornton Heath
Croydon
Greater London
CR7 6BA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 31070 67590
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Three chamfered stone tablets, mounted side by side. The left and right tablets being equal in size and smaller than the centre tablet. The centre tablet features a diaper border mosaic and contains three single gilt diamond mosiacs. The left and right tablets feature gold coloured mosaic borders on the vertical sides.
- Inscription
- Left tablet: (NAMES) Centre tablet: THIS CHANCEL IS/ DEDICATED TO THE/ MEMORY OF THE/ FOLLOWING MEN AND/ THEIR COMRADES/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR./ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH/ NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT HE LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS FRIENDS. Right tablet: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ankins, Reginald William
Bates, Albert
Boxall, William G
Bramble, Edmund G R V
Burrows, Albert
Burton, Alfred Walter
Clark, Frank Watson
Clayton, Keith Herbert
Cross, John Bertram
Edward, Richard
See details for all 41 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 40
Served and returned: 0
Died: 40
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: depth 2.5CM, height 93CM, width 53CM
Materials: Unknown, Stone
- Tablets
- 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
- History
- 1990: CLEANED
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PARISH COUNCIL
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