Sanderstead War Memorial

All Saints Church, Onslow Gardens, Sanderstead, CR2 9AB

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War memorial in the form a tall stone cross. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442738
Date first listed:: 17-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Sanderstead War Memorial
Statutory Address:: All Saints Church, Onslow Gardens, Sanderstead, CR2 9AB

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442738
Date first listed:: 17-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Sanderstead War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: All Saints Church, Onslow Gardens, Sanderstead, CR2 9AB

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: All Saints Church, Onslow Gardens, Sanderstead, CR2 9AB

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: Croydon (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ3412861496

Summary

War memorial in the form a tall stone cross.

Reasons for Designation

Sanderstead War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifices they made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: as an imposing and dignified stone cross war memorial; * Group value: with the Grade I listed All Saints Church.

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised in Sanderstead outside All Saints Church as a permanent testament to the sacrifices made by the members of the local community.

The memorial was unveiled on 15th May 1920 in a ceremony attended by Air Commodore J B Hearson and it was re-dedicated on 9th November 1947 by the Bishop Suffragan of Croydon. The memorial commemorates 33 regiments in total, and it is unusual in that there are more commissioned officers than other ranks listed as killed, reflecting the social makeup of Sanderstead at this time.

In 2011 two of the copper plaques attached to the memorial were stolen; the church and various local organisations raised £6,240 to have them replaced. New plaques were attached to the memorial in a dedication ceremony held in November 2013.

Details

Tall decorated cross of Cornish granite, resting on an octagonal plinth. This bears four bronze plaques, each a rectangle with floral designs in each corner representing the four home nations (the English Tudor rose, Scottish thistle, Irish shamrock and Welsh leek) and at the top Lady Justice. The front plaque bears the inscription: 1914 - 1919 / ALL YE WHO / PASS BY / REMEMBER / WITH / GRATITUDE / THE MEN OF / THIS PLACE / WHO WENT FORTH / TO FIGHT FOR / GOD AND COUNTRY. / THE NAMES / OF THOSE WHO / RETURNED NOT / AGAIN ARE HEREON / INSCRIBED / R.I.P.; the other three plaques bear the names of the Fallen. The in turn rests on a four-step base, the uppermost step bearing bronze plaques with the names of those who fell in the Second World War, including civilians killed in air raids. The memorial lies on a raised, walled limestone dais.

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, 15 March 2017.

Sources

Websites
Croydon Advertiser - 'Stolen memorial plaques replaced at Sanderstead church', accessed 16th December 2016 from http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/tributes-fallen-heroes-church/story-20269737-detail/story.html
Sanderstead, accessed 23rd December 2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1009
War Memorials Online, accessed 15 March 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/158265
War Memorials Register, accessed 16th December 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/802

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.