Memorial

St Augustines - WW1

Source: Copyright The Revd Dr Geoff Dumbreck

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Current Location

St Augustine's Church, St Augustines Avenue, South Croydon, Croydon, Greater London, CR2 6BA, England

TQ 32433 63236

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 10821
Description: Long rectangular brass plaque affixed to a wooden backboard. Above the plaque is a painted image of St George and St Augustine set against a crusader shield within a moulded frame.
Inscription: THEY DESIRE A BETTER COUNTRY// SO PRAY FOR THE SOULS/ OF THE MEN OF S. AUGUSTINE'S PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WAR 1914 - 1918// (Names)

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

At the Going Down of the Sun... An Account of Croydon's War Memorials. Author Ronald COX. Published 1992. -- Reference C203
Purley in the Great War - https://sites.google.com/site/purleyandthegreatwar/local-memorials - Accessed 28 October 2020