Cheam -Combined -War Memorial, Cheam, Surrey, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member AngelPick
N 51° 21.603 W 000° 13.020
30U E 693749 N 5693541
Cheam War Memorial, topped with large cross. In front of the library.
Waymark Code: WMBGQJ
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/20/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
Views: 4

This memorial remembers the fallen of Cheam during WWI, WWII and The Falklands War. I have placed it here as it was originaly for WWI.

A few facts:

Inscription
12 O'CLOCK FACE: OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ THIER NAMES SHALL ENDURE FOR EVERMORE

6 O'CLOCK FACE: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ AND THOSE MEN AND WOMEN OF/ CHEAM/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF FREEDOM/ IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

3 AND 9 O'CLOCK FACE: (NAMES)

These are shown in the attached images.

Pay & Display car park next door. Very limited free off street parking. Next door to St Dunstans Church and Lumley Chapel, opposite The Whitehall.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1930

Private or Public Monument?: Government

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe

Physical Address of Monument:
Cheam Library
Church Road
Cheam, Surrey UK
SM3 8QH


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