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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Croydon
- Town
- Croydon
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10823
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Current location
South-east corner of ringing chamber on 1st floor
St John the Baptist Church
Church Street
Croydon
Croydon
Greater London
CR0 1RF
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 31940 65440
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WOODEN BOARD WITH HOODED MOULDED TOP AND MOULDED BASE.
- Inscription
- THIS BOARD COMMEMORATES THE RINGING OF THE/ BELLS IN THANKSGIVING FOR THE VICTORY IN/ EUROPE MAY 8TH 1945 AND JAPAN AUGUST 15TH 1945/ BY/ THE PARISH RINGERS/ (Names)/ AND VISITING RINGERS/ (Names)/ (Name) VICAR/ (Names) CHURCHWARDENS/ PRESENTED BY THE CHURCHWARDENS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, R
Ades, G
Blow, T A
Boasberry, R
Bulgin, J
Cawley, A J
Clarke, A W
Clayton, A
Collins, F E
Collins, O
See details for all 31 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: Undefined
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: depth 1.86M, height 910mm, width 910mm
Materials: Wood
- Board
- Listing information
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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