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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Kensington And Chelsea
- Town
- Chelsea
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians
- Maker
- Walter H Godfrey (Architect)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 47552
Current location
The memorial is located inside the entrance on the left.
All Saints Church (Chelsea Old Church)
Old Church Street
Chelsea
Kensington And Chelsea
Greater London
SW3 5DQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 27101 77597
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Plain rectangular stone tablet with black incised inscription.
- Inscription
- THIS CHURCH, RECORDS OF WHICH DATE FROM/ THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY WAS RECONSECRATED BY/ HENRY LORD BISHOP OF LONDON IN THE PRESENCE OF/ HER MAJESTY/ QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER/ ON THE 13TH MAY 1958/ THE PRESENT BUILDING REPLACES THAT BOMBED ON THE/ NIGHT OF THE 16TH APRIL 1941 WHEN FIVE FIRE-WATCHERS/ WERE KILLED (Names)/ IN WHOSE MEMORY THIS STONE IS ERECTED/ VICAR - C.E. LEIGHTON THOMSON/ CHURCH WARDENS - JOHN W. DURNFORD, ARTHUR P. H. STRIDE/ ARCHITECT - WALTER H. GODFREY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Frankland, Henry
Green, Yvonne
Hodge, Michael
Sims, Sidney
Winter, Frederick
See details for all 5 names - Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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
- FIREWATCHERS
- WMO ID: 77428
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 04-10-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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