Memorial

Warrior Chapel, St.Mary's Wimbledon

Dedication Plaque

Source: Copyright Ruth Mansergh

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Current Location

St Mary's Church, 30, St Mary's Road, Wimbledon, Merton, Greater London, SW19 7BR, England

TQ 24501 71464

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Chapel: Dedicated within church building
WMR Reference Number: 12203
Description: Chapel with wooden panelling on its north, south and west walls. The panelling carries bronze plaques bearing 172 names. Each of these plaques is the subject of a separate war memorial record, and photographs of the plaques and information on the people commemorated on them are available at https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/community/2767, which forms part of the Imperial War Museum's 'Lives of the First World War' project. There is also a brass dedication plaque, whose inscription is set out in the 'commemoration' section of this record.
Inscription: THE WARRIOR CHAPEL/ A THANKOFFERING/ TO ALMIGHTY GOD/ AND A TRIBUTE TO/ THE MEN OF WIMBLEDON/ WHO DIED THAT/ ENGLAND MIGHT LIVE/ A.D. 1914-1918./ DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY./ (NAMES)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 172
Died: 172
Information shown: surname; rank; decorations; regiment/service; place of death; date of death; age;

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 6
Died: 6
Information shown: surname; forename; rank; regiment/service; decorations; date of death; place of death

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Surrey Mirror - Friday 05 February 1943 SURREY'S PAST. LOW SIDE WINDOWS IN SURREY CHURCHES WITH SOME REMARKS ON POST-WAR ARCH/EOLOGY. By J. WILSON-HAFFENDEN. (Tenth Article). Based on a paper published in Volume XIV (.1899) the Surrey Archaeological Collections by the late P. M. Johnstone.. F.S.A., and on his further note in Volume XXXIII (1920).