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    Memorial

    Purley Bury Lawn Tennis Club

    Flagpole base

    Source: Copyright mhs

    1/2

    Current Location

    Between the entrance gate and the first building, Purley Bury Tennis Club, Purley Bury Avenue, Purley, Croydon, Greater London, CR8 1JF, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 32197 61675

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    Type of Memorial
    Other memorial
    WMR Reference Number
    10854
    Description
    Square granite base of a missing flagpole.
    Inscription
    PURLEY BURY LAWN TENNIS CLUB. // IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF / OUR MEMBERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919. // (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    10
    Died
    10
    Information shown
    initials, surname
    Order of names
    surname
    Custodian
    Tennis Club Committee

    Components

    Plaque

    Height: 242mm

    Width: 356mm


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Base

    Height: 775mm

    Width: 775mm

    Depth: 775mm


    Made from: Granite



    Flagpole

    Made from: Unknown


    Condition: Missing


    • Images at - Purley in 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 V82
    • War Memorials On Line: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/261232/ - Accessed January 2021