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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Sutton
- Town
- Wallington
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 01 March 1922
Attended by: GENERAL SIR E ELLES GCIE KCB
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 12541
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Current location
Manor Road/ Acre Lane
Wallington
Sutton
Greater London
SM6 3AA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 28591 64743
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone obelisk, plinth and brick-edged step, with five plaques attached to faces of the plinth.
- Inscription
- 12 o'clock: 1914-1918/ TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ BEDDINGTON/ AND/ WALLINGTON/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ (Names) 3 o'clock: (Names) 9 o'clock: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 274
Served and returned: 0
Died: 274
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaques
- Listing information
- Beddington and Wallington 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
- Wallington
- WMO ID: 111198
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 24-04-2019]
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- History
- 2005: Application made to English Heritage for restoration grant.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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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