War Memorial at the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
60 Rylston Road, Fulham, London, SW6 7HW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1450604
- Date first listed:
- 14-Nov-2017
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- Statutory Address:
- 60 Rylston Road, Fulham, London, SW6 7HW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1450604
- Date first listed:
- 14-Nov-2017
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- Statutory Address 1:
- 60 Rylston Road, Fulham, London, SW6 7HW
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.
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:
- 60 Rylston Road, Fulham, London, SW6 7HW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Hammersmith and Fulham (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ2463077360
Summary
First World war memorial, c1920; relocated 1967.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial within the churchyard of St Thomas of Canterbury, Fulham, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* As an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20.
Group value:
* With the Grade II* listed Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, the adjacent Grade II listed presbytery, and the Grade II listed tomb of Warrington Taylor.
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 erected in the churchyard of St Thomas of Canterbury as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It is believed to have been erected in 1920, originally near the south porch of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, and was moved to its current location within the churchyard in 1967.
Details
The memorial stands on a two-stepped concrete base, formerly railed. A plain 4’ stone cross stands on a 3’ plinth, which breaks forward to the east from a wall of three stone panels of the same height. The central east-facing panel of the plinth is inscribed as follows:
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS PARISH TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THEIR GALLANT KINSFOLK WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 LORD ALL PITYING, JESU BLEST, GRANT THEM THINE ETERNAL REST
Ninety names were originally inscribed onto the other panels, almost all now illegible.
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, 30 January 2018.
Sources
Websites
Imperial War Museum Inventory of War Memorials, accessed 13 September 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/18016
War Memorials Online, accessed 30 January 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/105947
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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