Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Croydon
- Town
- Shirley
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1187
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Current location
In St Georges Chapel of Remembrance and Thanksgiving
St John the Evangelist Church
Shirley Church Road
Shirley
Croydon
Greater London
CR0 5EE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 35870 65380
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Paper scroll in a dark oak frame.
- Inscription
- Parish of Shirley // ROLL OF HONOUR. // KILLED IN ACTION. / (Names) // DIED OF SICKNESS. (Names) // The following also served:-- / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adnams, Harold
Aldous, Eric
Althorp, Nancy
Ashmore, Joan
Barnes, Rosemary
Bean, Arthur
Bell, Cyril
Bell, Stanley
Bennet, Albert
Biliski, Audrey
See details for all 174 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 175
Served and returned: 153
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname, service, rank, place of death, date of death
Order of information: manner of death,surname,forename,regiment
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Scroll
Measurements: height 46CM, width 24CM
Materials: Paper - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Scroll
- 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 - Reference
- At the going down of the sun... An account of Croydon’s war memorials. Author Ronald COX. Published 1992. Reference C75
- War Memorials On Line: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/172240/ - Accessed January 2021
- War Memorials On Line: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/262525/ - Accessed January 2021
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