Memorial

Purley Bury Lawn Tennis Club

Flagpole base

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Current Location

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

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)

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