Memorial
Home Guard Pulpit
Pulpit
Source: Copyright Piers Hubbard
1/2
Current Location
North East corner, St John the Evangelist Church, Shirley Church Road, Shirley, Croydon, Greater London, CR0 5EE, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 35870 65380
Denomination
Church of England
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- Type of Memorial
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Pulpit or pulpit part
- WMR Reference Number
- 819
- Description
- An oak pulpit, gilded on a stone base.
- Inscription
- PRESENTED BY THE/ HOME GUARD/ OF THIS PARISH IN/ MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO DIED IN THE WAR/1939-1945
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Sponsor Type
- public
- Sponsored By
- The local Home Guard
Ceremonies
Dedicated
11th November 1956
Canon G. C. Rawlins
Components
- Pulpit
Made from: Wood
Condition: Good
- Croydon Times - Saturday 18 November 1950 (photograph) Canon G. C. Rawlins inspects the new pulpit at Shirley Parish Church after its dedication on Sunday.
- 'The Story of a Parish' a booklet bound in with the church copies of the Parish Magazine 1953-1956 Contains photograph.
- At the going down of the sun... An account of Croydon’s war memorials. Author Ronald COX. Published 1992. Reference C78
- War Memorials On Line: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/172245/ - Accessed January 2021