 The cenotaph in 2010 | |
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| Location | Katharine Street,Croydon,London,England |
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| Coordinates | 51°22′20″N0°05′58″W / 51.372281°N 0.099355°W /51.372281; -0.099355 |
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| Opening date | 21 October 1921 (1921-10-21) |
| Dedicated to | War dead |
Croydon Cenotaph is awar memorial, inCroydon, London, England. It is located outside theCroydon Clocktower arts complex (historicallyCroydon Town Hall), on Katharine Street in Croydon.[1][2]
Thecenotaph, made fromPortland stone, was designed byJames Burford ARIBA and was unveiled on 22 October 1921,[2] to commemorate local victims of theFirst World War.
It is framed by twobronze statues of seated figures byPaul Raphael Montford, cast at the M. Maneti foundry.[2] One depicts a soldier of theEast Surrey Regiment, dressing his own wounded arm; the other a woman holding a child in her left arm and a letter in her outstretched right hand: her distress is evident, and "[w]e must presume that the news of her husband's perhaps fatal wounds has just reached her".[1][3][4] The figure of the soldier was exhibited at theRoyal Academy in 1921.[3]
The cenotaph's inscription reads:[2]
1914 ⋅ 1918
1939 ⋅ 1945AND IN MEMORY OF THOSEWHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN
WHO DIED AND SUFFERED
WARS AND CONFLICTS SINCE
A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN
AND WOMEN OF CROYDON
The dates "1939 ⋅ 1945" were added after the end of theSecond World War. The lines"AND IN MEMORY ... SINCE" were added in 1997.[2]
The cenotaph was grantedGrade II listed status on 19 November 1973, both in its own right[2][3] and as part of a group of municipal buildings, legally protecting it from unauthorised modification or demolition.[2][5] Its status was upgraded toGrade II* on 27 July 2017.[3]
Aroll of honour is kept in the library.[1]
