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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Southwark
- Town
- East Dulwich
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: 16 Oct 2009
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Unveiled
Date: 16 Oct 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 12612
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Current location
Dulwich Community Hospital
Dulwich Grove
East Dulwich
Southwark
Greater London
SE22 8PT
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 33433 75036
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Latin cross on square marble base with inscription at the front and names on other three sides. Incised inscriptions filled with lead.
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF / THE NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN / OF THE ARMIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE / WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR / IN THIS HOSPITAL / DURING THE GREAT WAR / 1915 - 1919 /
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alberts, G
Alderton, A
Alexander, J
Andrew, A
Andrews, J J
Armstrong, E
Baggott, F
Baker, L F
Balson, T
Baxendale, J
See details for all 118 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 118
Served and returned: 0
Died: 118
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Carrara - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Cross
- Listing information
- Southwark Military Hospital War Memorial Cross
- Grade II
- 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
- DULWICH HOSPITAL WW1
- WMO ID: 111132
- Condition: Good [last updated on 10-01-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1950s: memorial dismantled to make way for redevelopment of hospital entrance road 1996: ONLY THE BASE OF THE MEMORIAL REMAINS 2005: MEMORIAL BASE EXAMINED BY WAR MEMORIALS TRUST AND FOUND TO BE VERY DIRTY MARBLE. Cross and shaft later replaced.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- War Memorials Trust Bulletin Unknown c2009 Published:War Memorials Trust London Project to reconstruct and refurbish memorial led by Southwark Primary Care Trust and the Dulwich Society with £10,000 grant from WMT.
- Other website www.dulwichsociety.com/2010-summer/532-southwark-military-hospital
- Lost Hospitals of London ezitis.myzen.co.uk/dulwich.html
- War Memorials Trust WM1620
- Carter Postcard Collection
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