Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Croydon
- Town
- Kenley
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1925
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 789
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Current location
All Saints Church
Church Road
Kenley
Croydon
Greater London
CR8 5DU
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 32530 59820
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A framed parchment in three sections. At the top an inscription; below that a list of those who served (in three columns), below that a further inscription and a list of additional people who died (also in three columns). The chamfered frame is in oak and glazed. Horizontal oak bars separate the three sections beneath the glass. All lettering is in black italic on white parchment except the dedication which is in Roman.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF/THIS PARISH AND CONGREGATION/OF ALL SAINTS KENLEY WHO AT/THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY/LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM FACED DAN-/GER AND ENDURED HARDSHIP IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/[174 NAMES OF THOSE WHO SERVED]/AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FINALLY PASSED OUT OF/THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY, SELF SACRIFICE/[24 NAMES OF THOSE KILLED]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alderton, J F
Anear, F A
Argent, W H
Ashbee, R E
Bailey, E E
Baker, W
Baker, W J
Balcombe, H
Barber, A J
Barden, F
See details for all 199 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 198
Served and returned: 174
Died: 24
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,decorations
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: width 3770MM
Materials: Wood - Oak - Undefined
Measurements: height 1300mm, width 590mm
Materials: Parchment
- Frame
- 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
- Costs
Site: £25
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- All Saints Church, Kenley, Magazine December 1995
- Purley in the Great War - sites.google.com/site/purleyandthegreatwar/local-memorials - Accessed 28 October 2020
- At the Going Down of the Sun... An Account of Croydon's War Memorials. Author Ronald COX. Published 1992. ---- Reference C5
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