Memorial Details
What type of memorial is it?
How would you describe the memorial and its ornamentation?
Coloured window depicting dream of St Anselm in Archiepiscopal vestments in prayer. Names in gilt on a black ground in a red setting.
Location
Has this memorial been lost?
Yes
Location
Location
Is this the memorial's current location?
No
Building No
56/58
Building Name
ST ANSELMS SCHOOL
Street
Park Lane
Town
Croydon
District
Country
OS map ref
TQ 32545 65290
Other Details
IN ST ANSELMS SCHOOL
Commemoration
What words are inscribed on the memorial?
FIDES SPES/ 1914-1919/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY, AND ESPECIALLY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FLOREAT ANSELMIA
War
How many names are listed in total?
33
Which war or group does the memorial commemorate?
Is the total an exact count?
No
Of the names listed, how many served and returned?
25
Of the names listed, how many died?
8
What information is listed for those commemorated?
surname, initials
How is this information ordered?
alphabetical
Condition
Is the writing on the memorial difficult to read?
No
What is the memorial's maintenance history?
Destroyed by land mine on 30 September 1940
Components
Component Details
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What condition is this component in?
What materials has this component been constructed from?
Listing Information
Does it have listed status?
No
Component Details
Which memorial component are you recording?
What condition is this component in?
What materials has this component been constructed from?
Listing Information
Does it have listed status?
No
History
Scholarship
Is there a trust or scholarship associated with it?
No
Ceremony
Ceremony
Ceremony
What was the purpose of the ceremony?
When did it take place?
21 September 1921
Who was present?
CAPTAIN H ROWE WILLIAMSON MC
Ceremony
What was the purpose of the ceremony?
When did it take place?
21 September 1921
Who was present?
UNKNOWN
References
References
Croydon Advertiser, 24 September 1921
Sayers W.C. Berwick (ed.), Croydon and the Second World War (1949), pp.46-47