Memorial

Old Coulsdon Parish Cross

Cross

Source: Copyright David Larkin

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Current Location

Junction between Canon's Hill and Coulsdon Road, War Memorial, Canon's Hill, Coulsdon, Croydon, Greater London, CR5 1HA, England

TQ 31142 58150

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 825
Description: Portland stone foliate cross, on a vertical octagonal shaft on an octagonal plinth on a square base. Nesting pelican with brood at the base of the shaft. Inscriptions and names are around the plinth.
Inscription: Around the plinth: THESE MEN / OF COULSDON / GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WAR / 1914 - 1919 // Across three faces: BY THE LONG ROAD THEY / TROD WITH SO MUCH FAITH AND / WITH SUCH DEVOTED AND SELF-/ SACRIFICING BRAVERY WE HAVE ARRIVED / AT VICTORY AND TODAY THEY HAVE / THEIR REWARD //

Dedicated

14th September 1919

Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Cross

Height: 6100MM

Width: 2280MM

Depth: 2280MM

Made from: Stone - Portland

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1442725

Date first listed: 27 February 2017

Purley and the Great War: https://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 V28