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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Croydon
- Town
- Thornton Heath
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 22 June 1920
Attended by: MAYOR OF CROYDON - Dedicated
Date: 22 June 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 613
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Current location
In paved area to west of school building
Whitehorse Manor Junior School
410 Whitehorse Road
Thornton Heath
Croydon
Greater London
CR7 8SE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 32806 68038
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A short four sided pillar with the inscriptions on each face. A smaller four sided projection above has a carving of a horse on the road face and a pyramid shaped top. All on a low base.
- Inscription
- Roadside face: THIS MEMORIAL / IS DEDICATED TO / THE GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THE OLD SCHOLARS OF / THE WHITEHORSE ROAD / COUNCIL SCHOOL / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / THEIR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 // Immortal, though no more: / though fallen, great. Other faces: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Airris, G P
Apps, F
Ashdown, H
Aylward, W P
Badcock, E S
Badcock, H A
Barber, H
Barton, W S
Bashford, A C
Bateman, E C
See details for all 117 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 117
Served and returned: 0
Died: 117
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: depth 609MM, height 1630MM, width 609MM
Materials: Stone - Portland - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland - Panelling
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Pillar
- Listing information
- Whitehorse Manor School War Memorial
- 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
- Whitehorse Road Boys School
- WMO ID: 121858
- Condition: Good [last updated on 06-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- c1992: Memorial refurbished. 1990: Names illegible on three sides due to exposure and subsequent erosion of stone.
- Costs
Memorial: £67
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- London Borough of Croydon, Education Committee
- Reference
- Croydon Times 15/ 26 June 1920 Details of unveiling ceremony
- At the Going Down of the Sun... An Account of Croydon's War Memorials. Author Ronald COX. Published 1992. -- Reference S9
- Images (including name panels) at: thebignote.com/2012/11/10/south-norwood-st-alban-the-martyr-war-memorial-whitehorse-road-council-school-memorial/ - accessed October 2020
- Other website www.pegasusacademytrust.org/our-schools/whitehorse-manor-junior-school/history
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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