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Latitude: 51.3303 / 51°19'49"N
Longitude: -0.1076 / 0°6'27"W
OS Eastings: 531937
OS Northings: 160723
OS Grid: TQ319607
Mapcode National: GBR GZ.TTQ
Mapcode Global: VHGRS.2TYK
Plus Code: 9C3X8VJR+4X
Entry Name: Riddlesdown War Memorial
Listing Date: 27 February 2017
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1442717
ID on this website: 101442717
Location: St James' Church, Croydon, London, CR8
County: London
District: Croydon
Electoral Ward/Division: Kenley
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Croydon
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Riddlesdown St James
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
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War memorial in the form of a gabled cross on a plinth.
Tall stone octagonal pillar, topped by a gabled Calvary. This rests on an X-shaped plinth, each face of which bears inscriptions. The front three read as follows - the left-most: ALSO / OF THOSE / WHO DIED / IN THE / WORLD WAR / A.D. / 1939 - 1945; the middle: IN HONOURED AND / LOVING MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO MADE / THE GREAT SACRIFICE / IN THE WORLD WAR / ANNO DOMINE 1914 - 1918 / IN THE HOPE OF PEACE / & GOODWILL ON EARTH; and the right: MAY THEY FIND PEACE AND JOY / + / JESUS SAID: / A NEW COMMANDMENT / I GIVE UNTO YOU / THAT YE LOVE / ONE ANOTHER. The other faces bear the names of the Fallen, with those from the Second World War listed on a face headed with '1939 - 1945'. The memorial rests on a square base.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 23 November 2017.
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. One such memorial was raised in at St James' Church in Riddlesdown as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community. It was designed by F H Greenaway and J E Newberry and unveiled in a ceremony held on 12 December 1920, which was attended by the Reverend Canon Henry Granville Dickson. It was re-dedicated, presumably to honour the Fallen of the Second World War, on the 12 November 1950 by the Reverend FJ Gilbert.
Riddlesdown War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifices they made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: as a dignified war memorial in the form of a gabled Calvary cross.
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