Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Southwark
- Town
- Camberwell
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 12579
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Current location
St Giles Church
Camberwell Church St
Camberwell
Southwark
Greater London
SE5 8RB
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 32969 76635
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Celtic cross surmounting pedestal and three stepped base. Paved area round it. Nowy headed plaque on pedestal, small rectangular plaque on one side. Other three sides have commemoration, regimental badge, and battle honours.
- Inscription
- Panel 1: To the glory of God/and in memory/of the officers/N.C.O.'s and men/of the/First Surrey Rifles/who/gave their lives/in the Great War/1914-1919 Panel 2: Battle Honours/1st Battalion/Aubers Festerbert * Loos 1915/Somme 1916,1918 * Flers-Courcelette/Le Transloy * Messines 1917/Ypres 1917 * Cambrai 1917/St Quentin * Bapaume 1918/Ancre 1918 * Amiens */Albert 1918 * Pursuit to Mons/France and Flanders 1915-1918/2nd Battalion/Dorran 1917 * Macedonia 1916-1917/Gaze El Mughar * Nebi Samwil/Jerusalem * Jerico * Jordan/Tel Asur * Palestine 1917-1918 Panel 3: 1st Surrey Rifles Regimental Badge
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Cross
- 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
- History
- Cleaned c 2000 (?)
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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