Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Merton
- Town
- Wimbledon
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 12197
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Current location
Wimbledon Cemetery
Gap Road
Wimbledon
Merton
Greater London
SW19 8JA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 25596 71515
Denomination: Undefined
- Inscription
- CLOSE TO THIS SPOT REST IN FRIENDLY ENGLISH SOIL EIGHT BELGIAN CITIZENS WHO WERE DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES BY THE GERMAN INVASION IN 1914 AND WERE WELCOMED AS GUESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF WIMBLEDON AND MERTON AND ONE CHILD WHO WAS BORN IN EXILE/ (NAMES, PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH AND DEATH FOLLOW) (SEE "A RECORD OF THE HONOURED MEN OF WIMBLEDON AND MERTON WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918" PUBLISHED BY MITCHELL HUGHES & CLARKE 1921. P.60)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Names, place and date of birth and death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War - civilians
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Memorial
- 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 - Reference
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