Memorial details

Memorial type
Allegory (eg: Victory)
District
Bromley
Town
Orpington
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 21st July 1922
    Attended by: MAJ-GENERAL F MAURICE CB
  • Unveiled
    Date: C1949
    Attended by: FM Sir Claude Auchinleck GCB GCIE CSI DSO OBE
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
11060

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Current location

In the Main Hall
St Olave's Grammar School
Goddington Lane
Orpington
Bromley
Greater London
BR6 9SH
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 46585 65242
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • ST OLAVE'S SCHOOL
    Tooley St
    Southwark
    Southwark
    Greater London
    SE1
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TQ 330 790
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
BRONZE FIGURE OF ST OLAF PLACED AGAINST CROSS SHAPED STONE BACKBOARD WHICH IS IN TURN MOUNTED ONTO A BLACK STONE BACKBOARD. NAMES PANELS TO THE LEFT, RIGHT AND BASE OF THE FIGURE. BRONZE FIGURE DEPICTS ST OLAF STANDING WITH A SPEAR IN HIS HANDS
Inscription
CENTRE SECTION: OLAF TO BEAR ALONG OLAF TO RIGHT A WRONG TILL ALL OUR FIGHT BE FOUGHT/ TRUE LOVE BY DEATH/ TRUE LOVE BY LIFE IS TRIED/ LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND/ WE FOR ENGLAND DIED/ 1914 1919 OTHER SECTIONS: (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Akerman, R P
Almond, J E
Athow, W
Baker, A G
Baker, H W
Barton, E
Beecroft, W H
Belcher, D C
Bennett, F B
Benson, G E
See details for all 192 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 192
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 192
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,additional,decorations
    Order of information: surname,decorations,additional
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 96
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 96
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
History
1949 WW2 additions by Gilbert Bayes.
Trust fund/Scholarship
Yes
Purpose: ANNUAL PRIZE & TRAVEL
Reference
  • RASON, PAUL, BROMLEY WAR MEMORIALS VOLUME FIVE (Bromley, LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY, November 1999), p. 86-8.
  • Louise Irvine and Paul Atterbury, Gilbert Bayes: Sculptor 1872-1953 (Yeovil, Somerset: Richard Dennis Publications, 1998), p.183.
  • South London Press, 28 July 1922, p.6.
  • KERNOT, C F, BRITISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAR MEMORIALS (London: ROBERTS AND NEWTON, 1927), pp. 226-7.
  • Caroline Sherlock, Sir William Reynolds-Stephens: A Life's Work - Painter, Craftsman, Designer and Sculptor 1862-1943 (London: Caroline Sherlock 2002), pp. 170-1, 180.

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