Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sundial
- District
- Lambeth
- Town
- West Norwood
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: 01 May 1995
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 62048
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Current location
Junction Of Carnac Street And Hamilton Road
West Norwood
Lambeth
Greater London
SE27 9RR
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 326 720
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Sundial mounted on a tapering black stone plinth and surrounded by a low wall with seating. Inscription around top of plinth. The memorial commemorates the fallen Resistance Agents working in the Vincennes area of France during the Second World War. Tablets inset into the surrounding wall commemorate individual agents.
- Inscription
- Plinth: (...) RESISTANCE HEROES OF VINCENNES Tablet: 47 members of the/ Resistance died/ during deportation Tablet: Marcel Dufresnoy/ Killed in Combat Tablet: Georges Huchon/ Died Buchenwald Tablet: Gilbert Clerfayt/ Killed in Combat Tablet: Robert Giraudineau/ Executed Tablet: Henry Liger/ Killed in Combat Tablet: 36 members of the/ Resistance were/ killed in combat Sundial: LONDON 51:5N
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename,manner of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Sundial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Seat
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Sundial
- 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
- Vincennes
- WMO ID: 247111
- Condition: Good [last updated on 23-01-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2011, May: Vandalised: Gnomon broken from dial and stolen. c2000: Brick plinth replaced with black stone plinth and original dial mount relocated to flower bed. 1995: Vandalised and restored.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Evening Standard 25 May 2011 Article on the vandalism of the memorial
- Other website landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=landmark&id=5465
- Other website www.virtualnorwood.com/forum/topic/6715-french-resistence-memorial/
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