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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Croydon
- Town
- East Croydon
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 21 November 1920
Attended by: REV FRANK Y LEGGATT PASTOR - Unveiled
Date: 21 November 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10866
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Current location
At the east end of the north wall
East Croydon URC Church
Addiscombe Grove
East Croydon
Croydon
Greater London
CR0 5LP
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 33030 65640
Denomination: United Reformed
- Previous locations
- Congregational Church
George Street
East Croydon
Croydon
Greater London
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: United Reformed
- Congregational Church
- Description
- Oak base board bearing 2 brass plaques. Foliage border with bosses. This may originally have been fixed to the organ WMR 10829 now recorded as lost.
- Inscription
- Roll of Honour in the World War 1914-1919/They whom this tablet commemorates/ were numbered among those who at the call of their country left all that was/ dear to them enduring hardship faced/ danger and finally passed out of the / sight of men by the path of duty and/ self-sacrifice giving up their own lives/ that others might live in freedom/ let those that come after see their lives be not forgotten/ greater love no man than this that/ a man lay own his life for his friends/ (names)/ 1939-1945/ Died on active service (names)? killed by enemy action (name)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armitage
Batchelar
Blackie
Clark, J C
Cooper, G H
Crittenden, F
Doble
Dowell, R A L
Giles, E W
Gillie, W J
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 3
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 20
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment/service
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Unknown
Measurements: depth 2.5CM, height 1.42M, width 71CM
Materials: Unknown
- Unknown
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- CHURCH AUTHORITIES
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