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Streatham War Memorial

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A Streatham War Memorial General Council was established in 1919 with plans to build a large Hall of Remembrance in Streatham to commemorate the 720 servicemen from the district killed during the First World War. The memorial council bought land on the Chimes estate near Streatham Common, but lack of
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funding meant the ambitious scheme was not implemented. Instead, the plan was changed so that the Chimes building would become a servicemen's club, with a memorial garden and war memorial. Limited funding also prevent this plan from being realised, and the building was sold to the
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in July 1944 and demolished. The grounds became a housing estate, with the memorial confined to a small garden The memorial was extended to commemorate the war dead of the Second World War, and it was re-dedicated in on 8 May 1959 by the
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with his head uncovered and bowed, with his hands resting on a reversed rifle resting on his left boot. At his feet lie an army jacket, a steel helmet and a gas mask. The sculpture was based on Toft's
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The memorial stands on a square of grass surrounded by iron railings and a paved area. Plaques set into the paving in front of the memorial commemorate the award of the
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The memorial comprises a square column of white stone on a tapering base, topped by a life-size bronze statue of a soldier. The soldier stands in
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The plinth bears the inscription "TO / OUR GLORIOUS DEAD" and two bronze wreaths resembling Transport for London
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A civilian war memorial is also located in the memorial gardens. The memorial is a contemporary sculpture by
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memorial in Ipswich, and he included identical statues in the First World War memorials he designed for
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erected in 2006 which takes the form of plain stone obelisk carved from Irish blue limestone from
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in the two World Wars. It was unveiled in 1922, and is sited near the northwest corner of
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on a plinth of the same material inscribed with a quotation from a poem by
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Custard Apple (Annonaceae), Breadfruit (Moraceae) and Soursop (Annonaceae)
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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
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is a war memorial to the war dead of the London district of
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Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Lambeth
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Upton Park—with Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson
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The memorial was unveiled on 14 October 1922 by General
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