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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Lamp or lighting
- District
- Bromley
- Town
- Orpington
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 45756
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Current location
St Paul's Church
Crofton Road
Orpington
Bromley
Greater London
BR6 8JE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 44220 65820
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- ENTRANCE LAMP WITH DEDICTORY METAL PLAQUE ON WOOD BACKBOARD
- Inscription
- THE LIGHT OVER/ THE ENTRANCE/ TO THIS CHURCH/ WAS PRESENTED BY/ MR & MRS FRANCIS/ IN MEMORY OF/ THEIR ONLY SON/ SGT E.J. FRANCIS R.A.F./ WHO GAVE HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS COUNTRY/ ON THE 6TH OCT., 1943/ "UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 1
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,relationships,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Lamp or Lighting
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Plaque
- 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
- DATE UNKNOWN: CHURCH ENTRANCE ALTERED SOME YEARS AGO AND FITTINGS DID NOT SURVIVE THE WORK.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- CHURCH
- Reference
- BROMLEY WAR MEMORIALS VOLUME FIVE by RASON, PAUL 93 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY NOV 1999 BROMLEY
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