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Latitude: 51.4049 / 51°24'17"N
Longitude: 0.0111 / 0°0'39"E
OS Eastings: 539979
OS Northings: 169238
OS Grid: TQ399692
Mapcode National: GBR M1.7GL
Mapcode Global: VHHNX.4YQD
Plus Code: 9F32C236+XC
Entry Name: Bromley War Memorial, St Martin's Hill
Listing Date: 14 December 1995
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1116976
English Heritage Legacy ID: 442525
ID on this website: 101116976
Location: Bromley, London, BR2
County: London
District: Bromley
Electoral Ward/Division: Bromley Town
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bromley
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Bromley St Peter and St Paul
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Obelisk War memorial
TQ 46 NW GLASSMILL LANE, BROMLEY
(off)
785-/5/10032 Bromley War Memorial,
Martin's Hill
II*
War memorial, 1922 by Sydney March. Square obelisk of Portland stone upon a two-stage base with three steps. Bronze allegorical figures on three sides of obelisk with a bronze cartouche to the rear; bronze panels with the names of the deceased on all sides of the plinth. The bronze statues depict in the centre Victory , winged and holding aloft a wreath, flanked by Liberty holding a torch and Peace scattering flowers of remembrance from her lap. Another version of this design was erected in 1922 at Radcliffe, Greater Manchester and a description given in Radcliffe Times, 26 November 1922.
Sydney March (1876-1967) came from an artistic Yorkshire family, and was responsible for a number of important war memorials including the Lancaster monument (1922), in East Sheen Cemetery.
Listing NGR: TQ3997969238
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 9 February 2017.
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