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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Wandsworth
- Town
- Battersea
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: October 1921
Attended by: Right Hon. Earl Howe, G. C. V. O., T. D.
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18122
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Current location
ST MARYS CHURCH
Church Rd
Battersea
Wandsworth
Greater London
SW11 3NA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 280 760
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- SIR WALTER ST JOHN SCHOOL
Battersea High Street
Battersea
Wandsworth
Greater London
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- SIR WALTER ST JOHN SCHOOL
- Description
- WINDOW WITH DEDICATORY WOODEN BOARD. BOARD HAS GILT LETTERING. NAMES IN THREE COLUMNS. SCHOOL CREST AT TOP OF BOARD. GILDED RIBBON PATTERN SURROUNDS NAMES.
- Inscription
- THIS WINDOW AND TABLET ARE DEDICATED/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THE PERPETUAL MEMORY OF/ THOSE OLD BOYS OF SIR WALTER ST JOHN'S /SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ RATHER DEATHE THAN/ FALSE OF FAYTHE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Berry, B
Biggs, H B
Bonell, H
Bonser, N
Brook, E S
Brooks, C F
Brown, H O
Chandler, W G
Cheston, H A
Chivers, F J
See details for all 78 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 78
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 78
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass - Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Window
- 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
- Sir Walter St John School WW1 Window and Board
- WMO ID: 197506
- Condition: Good [last updated on 20-02-2015]
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- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- ST MARYS CHURCH
- Reference
- Battersea Boro News, 21 October 1921
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