Memorial

Second Lieutenant J H Musson and Sergeant Pilot D Dunlop

Tablet

Source: Copyright John Salmon

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Current Location

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

TQ 33150 69740

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 799
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.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: forenames, surname, rank, regiment, relationship, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: forename, surname, rank, service, manner of death, date of death, age at death

Tablet

Height: 1200MM

Width: 740MM

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

At the going down of the sun... An account of Croydon’s war memorials. Author Ronald COX. Published 1992. Reference C15