Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Croydon
- Town
- Purley
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 16 November 1919
Attended by: ARCHDEACON OF KINGSTON - Dedicated
Date: 22 November 1919
Attended by: ARCHDEACON OF KINGSTON - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 749
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Current location
863
Christ Church
Brighton Road
Purley
Croydon
Greater London
CR8 2BN
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 31718 61981
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- 3 Bay wooden panel on board
- Inscription
- REMEMBER THE MEN OF THIS PARISH AND CONGREGATION WHO DIED FOR/KING AND COUNTRY AD 1914-1919
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, Roy
Austin, Albert
Beckett, Francis Harold
Blackman, William
Borrer, George
Borrer, Thomas
Briars, George Frederick
Burr, Clifford
Charman, Walter
Chorley, Dudley Cecil
See details for all 38 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 38
Served and returned: 0
Died: 38
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 1510MM, width 5610MM
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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
- Christ Church WW1
- WMO ID: 261327
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 21-12-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Memorial: £70
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CROYDON ADVERTISER 6 SEP 1919 DD COST 6 SEP 1919
- Purley in the Great War - sites.google.com/site/purleyandthegreatwar/local-memorials - Accessed 28 October 2020
- At the Going Down of the Sun... An Account of Croydon's War Memorials. Author Ronald COX. Published 1992. -- Reference C31
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