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Latitude: 51.4186 / 51°25'6"N
Longitude: -0.0485 / 0°2'54"W
OS Eastings: 535791
OS Northings: 170644
OS Grid: TQ357706
Mapcode National: GBR JH.BG7
Mapcode Global: VHGRF.3LPW
Plus Code: 9C3XCX92+CH
Entry Name: Penge (Holy Trinity) War Memorial
Listing Date: 3 July 2017
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1444941
ID on this website: 101444941
Location: Holy Trinity Church, Penge, Bromley, London, SE26
County: London
District: Bromley
Electoral Ward/Division: Penge and Cator
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bromley
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Tagged with: War memorial
Portland stone war memorial cross, unveiled 1921.
Tall cross of Portland stone, resting on an octagonal pillar atop an octagonal plinth. The front face of the plinth bears the inscription: TO THE / GLORY OF / GOD / AND IN / GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF / ALL FROM / THIS PARISH / WHO FELL / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918; the other eight faces bear the names of the Fallen. The plinth rests on a two-step octagonal base.
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, 20 July 2017.
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised in Penge at Holy Trinity Church as a permanent testament to the sacrifices made by the members of the local community. It was unveiled on 19 February 1921 in a ceremony attended by Reverend Canon Henry Arnott and the Grenadier Guards. The Venerable Archdeacon of Rochester Donald Tait was due to be officiating but was forced to withdraw on the morning of the 19 due to a family bereavement. The memorial cost a total of £224.14.4.
In 2016 the memorial was cleaned and the inscriptions re-carved.
Penge (Holy Trinity) 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 it made in the First World War;
* Design: as an imposing and well executed Portland stone cross war memorial.
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