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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: 1921
Attended by: MAYOR OF CROYDON
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10851
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Current location
In foyer
719
Thornton Heath Bus Station
London Road
Thornton Heath
Croydon
Greater London
CR7 6AU
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 31300 67640
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- BRIGSTOCK VILLA NEXT DOOR
London Road
Thornton Heath
Croydon
Greater London
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- BRIGSTOCK VILLA NEXT DOOR
- Description
- A tapered bronze plaque wider at the base. The sides project above the curved top. A small wreath at centre top.
- Inscription
- 1914 - 1918 // IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE STAFF. / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR. // (Names) // TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES SERVING IN THE NAVAL AND MILITARY FORCES 213 // GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS / UNVEILED NY THE WORSHIPFUL MAYOR OF CROYDON / MR COUNCILLOR C HEATH CLARK J.P. 1921 //
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, F
Bailey, F C
Blundell, H
Brooker, W
Funnell, H
Goble, R E
Grayson, F H
Kurn, J E
Maslen, J S
Mccarthy, G W
See details for all 21 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: 0
Died: 21
Exact count: no
Information shown: initial, surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 1450 mm, height 533 mm, width 860 mm
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Responsibility
- SOUTH LONDON TRANSPORT
- Reference
- Baddeley, G. E., The Tramways of Croydon (London: Light Rail Transit Association / Tramway & Light Railway Society, 1983), p. 102.
- 'Purley in the Great War', sites.google.com/site/purleyandthegreatwar/local-memorials (accessed 28 October 2020).
- Ronald Cox, At the Going Down of the Sun: An Account of Croydon's War Memorials (Croydon: Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, 1992).
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