Riddlesdown War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 2017. War memorial.

Riddlesdown War Memorial

WRENN ID
strange-step-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Croydon
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 2017
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Tall stone octagonal pillar, topped by a gabled Calvary. This rests on an X-shaped plinth, each face of which bears inscriptions. The front three read as follows - the left-most: ALSO / OF THOSE / WHO DIED / IN THE / WORLD WAR / A.D. / 1939 - 1945; the middle: IN HONOURED AND / LOVING MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO MADE / THE GREAT SACRIFICE / IN THE WORLD WAR / ANNO DOMINE 1914 - 1918 / IN THE HOPE OF PEACE / & GOODWILL ON EARTH; and the right: MAY THEY FIND PEACE AND JOY / + / JESUS SAID: / A NEW COMMANDMENT / I GIVE UNTO YOU / THAT YE LOVE / ONE ANOTHER. The other faces bear the names of the Fallen, with those from the Second World War listed on a face headed with '1939 - 1945'. The memorial rests on a square base.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 23 November 2017.

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