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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Croydon
Town
Coulsdon
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 16 May 1921
    Attended by: MR DANIEL WUILLE
Lost
Lost
WM Reference
611

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Previous locations
  • REEDHAM SCHOOL
    Old Lodge La
    Coulsdon
    Croydon
    Greater London
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TQ 311 606
    Denomination: Undefined
  • REED ASYLUM
    Coulsdon
    Croydon
    Greater London
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
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Description
A rectangular tablet with inscription at the top and names at the centre.
Inscription
THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED BY FORMER SCHOLARS TO/ THE MEMORY OF REEDHAM BOYS WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ "THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE, BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Aerts, N A
Atchison, Sj L
Barden, G F
Birkett, A T
Bowyer, E A
Brant, R D
Brawn, G T
Browne, C C
Buckland, I M
Edwards, G W
See details for all 39 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 39
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 39
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Condition
History
REEDHAM CHILDRENS TRUST REPONSIBLE FOR ADMINSITERING PROCEEDS FROM SALE OF SITE BUT DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PLAQUE
Costs

Memorial: UV

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Corporate
Reference
  • At the Going Down of the Sun... An Account of Croydon's War Memorials. Author Ronald COX. Published 1992. -- Reference S3
  • Purley in the Great War - sites.google.com/site/purleyandthegreatwar/local-memorials - Accessed 28 October 2020
  • 'The Glorious Dead', p.269
  • 'Croydon And the Great War, 1920', H.Keatley and Sayers, W. C. Berwrek (ed.)

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