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Memorial details

Memorial type: Park / Sports field
District: Bromley
Town: Shortlands
County: Greater London
Country: England
Commemoration: Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 12763

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Current location

adjacent to St Mark's School
Queen Anne Avenue
Shortlands
Bromley
Greater London
BR2 0QR
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 40005 68630
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Landscaped garden with a plaque on a low stone plinth

Inscription

THIS LAND WAS ACQUIRED AND HAS BEEN PLANTED/ BY THE COUNCIL AS AN AMENITY TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD./ PLEASE DO NOT DESTROY OR DAMAGE THE SHRUBS ETC./ OR THROW ANY SORT OF RUBBISH ON THE LAND:/ RATHER HELP KEEP IT TIDY./ THIS IS A PLACE OF WAR-TIME MEMORIES, SAD BUT PROUD,/ OF LIVES LOST IN LOYAL SERVICE/ AND DEVOTION TO DUTY.

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
Garden
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined

Listing information

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Condition

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History

1999: REGULARLY MAINTAINED UNDER LOCAL CONTRACT

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Public
Details: Beckenham Borough Council

Responsibility

BROMLEY COUNCIL

Reference

BROMLEY WAR MEMORIALS VOLUME ONE by RASON, PAUL 152 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY NOV 1999 BROMLEY

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