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Latitude: 51.4104 / 51°24'37"N
Longitude: -0.2021 / 0°12'7"W
OS Eastings: 525139
OS Northings: 169461
OS Grid: TQ251694
Mapcode National: GBR CG.V0Q
Mapcode Global: VHGRB.GT15
Plus Code: 9C3XCQ6X+45
Entry Name: War Memorial
Listing Date: 15 March 2004
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1390833
English Heritage Legacy ID: 491139
ID on this website: 101390833
Location: Merton Park, Merton, London, SW19
County: London
District: Merton
Electoral Ward/Division: Merton Park
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Merton
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Merton St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
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War Memorial
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War memorial. Designed 1920, erected 1921, architect H P Burke Downing. Tall cross on high plinth, incorporating a figure of Christ in Majesty and inscribed 'LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS', and 'IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF MERTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1914- 18', to which were later added the words 'AND IN THE WAR 1939-45'.
Burke Downing was a significant local architect in the arts and crafts style, and this is a good example of his work at its most severe. As well as a telling memorial to the local men who gave their lives, this monument has exceptional grouping with the listed Church of St Mary.
Source
The Architect, 4 February 1920
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, 16 February 2017.
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