Wimbledon Common (King's Royal Rifle Corps) War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 2017. Memorial.
Wimbledon Common (King's Royal Rifle Corps) War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- patient-tracery-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merton
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Wimbledon Common (King's Royal Rifle Corps) War Memorial, London, SW19 4UR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 226 717
- Coordinates
- 51.43156, -0.23669
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wimbledon Common War Memorial, dedicated to the King's Royal Rifle Corps, is a short stone pillar topped with a slightly pyramidal shape, standing on a square platform. The front features a brass plaque displaying the regimental badge of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, which is designed as a Maltese cross with a crown, along with a list of the various campaigns the Corps participated in. On the back of the memorial, there is a plaque inscribed with the words: "TO THE MEMORY OF ALL RANKS / OF THE RESERVE BATTALIONS OF / THE KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS / WHO TRAINED HERE AND / AFTERWARD GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR KING AND COUNTRY / 1916 - 1918."
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