Tomb of Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Warneford VC on northern approach to Great Circle, Brompton Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London SW10
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246852
- Date first listed:
- 01-Feb-2001
- List Entry Name:
- Tomb of Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Warneford VC on northern approach to Great Circle, Brompton Cemetery
- Statutory Address:
- Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London SW10
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246852
- Date first listed:
- 01-Feb-2001
- List Entry Name:
- Tomb of Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Warneford VC on northern approach to Great Circle, Brompton Cemetery
- Statutory Address 1:
- Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London SW10
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London SW10
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Kensington and Chelsea (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ2574077756
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16 May 2023 to reformat the text to current standards
TQ2577
249/59/10224
OLD BROMPTON ROAD, (South, off)
Brompton Cemetery
Tomb of Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Warneford VC on northern approach to Great Circle, Brompton Cemetery
01-FEB-01
GV
II
Funerary monument. c1915. Designer unknown. Portland stone memorial in the form of a Roman altar on a tall, two-stage base with a grey granite vault cover in front. Upper part has an eared pedimental cover with a relief of a Victoria Cross. Below, flanked by inverted torches, is a portrait relief of Flight Sub-Lieutenant Warneford over a bay leaf festoon and the words 'COURAGE INITIATIVE INTREPIDITY'. Below is a relief of Warneford's successful action against a Zeppelin with the inscription 'ERECTED BY THE READERS OF THE DAILY EXPRESS TO COMMEMORATE THE HEROIC EXPLOIT IN DESTROYING A ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP NEAR GHENT ON JUNE 7 1915'.
History: Warneford, a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service, was the first aviator to destroy an airship and was awarded the Victoria Cross for this exploit. He was killed in an accident soon after. Perhaps the earliest depiction of aerial warfare upon a public memorial.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 16 June 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 487040
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/59148
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/66888
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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