Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Croydon
Town
Upper Norwood
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
799

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Current location

All Saints Church
Beulah Hill
Upper Norwood
Croydon
Greater London
SE19 3EP
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 33150 69740
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Two mottled brown marble back-plates. The top of the upper has a QRWSR Badge. Beneath this a shield shaped light marble tablet which has a carving of crossed swords in leaves above the inscription and the QRWSR badge. The lower backplate has a light marble oblong tablet with an RAF badge.
Inscription
Upper tablet: IN/LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF/JOHN HARDY MUSSON./2ND LIEUTENANT, 2ND BATT./THE QUEEN'S ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT/THE DEARLY LOVED GRANDSON OF/M E MUSSON/KILLED IN ACTION NEAR BETHUNE IN FRANCE./ON THE 19TH JULY 1915/AGED 20 YEARS// "HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY / HIS SOUL TO GOD." Lower tablet: ALSO/ DUNCAN DUNLOP,/ SEGT. PILOT R.A.F., KILLED WHILE FLYING ON PATROL/ JUNE 4TH 1942. AGED 19 YEARS.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Dunlop, Duncan
Musson, John Hardy
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: forenames, surname, rank, regiment, relationship, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: forename, surname, rank, service, manner of death, date of death, age at death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 1200MM, width 740MM
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
  • Church of All Saints
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • At the going down of the sun... An account of Croydon’s war memorials. Author Ronald COX. Published 1992. Reference C15
  • Geograph - www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4163266 - accessed January 2021

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