Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Bromley
- Town
- Beckenham
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 19th December 1920
Attended by: BRIG GEN J PENRY DAVEY CMG
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 12685
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Current location
Crescent Road junction with Oakhill Road
Beckenham United Reformed Church
Crescent Road
Beckenham
Bromley
Greater London
BR3 6NQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 38010 69230
Denomination: United Reformed
- Description
- WINDOW. DEDICATORY NOWY HEADED ALABASTER TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A GREEN STONE BACKBOARD PLACED NEARBY. GOLD COLOURED CROWN WITH FOLIATE CARVINGS BEHIND IT AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE TABLET
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO MADE THE SUPREME/ SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918./ THIS TABLET AND THE ADJOINING WINDOW ARE DEDICATED./ (NAMES)/ "ALL THEY HAD HOPED FOR. ALL THEY HAD TO GIVE/ TO SAVE MANKIND. THEMSELVES THEY SCORNED TO SAVE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bennett, R M
Collis, H
Copeland, W H P
Cox, A
Hammond, H
Knight, G A S
Leavens, R C W
Mallett, E
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Alabaster
- Backboard
- 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
- BROMLEY WAR MEMORIALS VOLUME TWO by RASON, PAUL 111-112 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY NOV 1999 BROMLEY
- Stained Glass Records: - www.stainedglassrecords.org/Ch.asp?ChId=25313 - Accessed 9 October 2020
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