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    Memorial

    Church Lads Brigade

    Entire memorial

    Source: Copyright Jonathan Tolhurst

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    Current Location

    Set within a small garden visible from the main road., Holy Innocents Church, 184-190, Selhurst Road, South Norwood, Croydon, Greater London, SE25 6XX, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 33637 68179

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • R A Bellamy

    • J F Betts

    • G H Coote

    • A Cullis

    • C A Egeaton

    • F J H Endean

    • S G Harris

    • F A Harris

    • F G Hazell

    • G H Knight

    • E W Line

    • A J Matthews

    • W H Matthews

    • W H Mayes

    • W C Mercer

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    785
    Description
    Stone cross on plinth bearing the inscription and names in lead lettering
    Inscription
    6 o'clock face: IN MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / ST MARKS CO. NO. 969 / CHURCH LADS BRIGADE / K.R.R.C. CADETS // THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVER / R.I.P. 3 and 9 o'clock face: (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    28
    Died
    28
    Information shown
    surname, initials
    Order of names
    surname
    Maker(s)
    • MESSRS CHARLES E EBBUTT & SONS, Builder

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    19 November 1922

    COL HUGH LAWRENCE CMG

    Dedicated

    19 November 1922

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Components

    Cross

    Height: C 2280MM


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1442659

    Date first listed: 27 February 2017

    • 'Croydon and the Great War Dead' - 1920 - The Glorious Dead - pgs 247-423 - Moore, Ald. H. Keatley & Sayers WC Berwick (ed)
    • At the Going Down of the Sun... An Account of Croydon's War Memorials. Author Ronald COX. Published 1992. -- Reference C27
    War Memorials On Line: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/137878/ - Accessed January 2021