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Title
Orpington War Memorial
Date
1921
Medium
Portland stone & cast iron
Measurements
H 500 x W 137 x D 137 cm
Accession number
BR6_ML_S223
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Bromley London Borough Council
Custodian
Bromley London Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
28th August 1921
Listing date
24/04/07
Access
at all times
Inscription description
the principal elevation has the dedication which reads: 'Pro Patria / (Names) / in memory of the / men of Orpington / who laid down their / lives in the / Great War 1914-1918'; a separate dedication following the second unveiling in 1999 reads: 'The memorials containing the names of the fallen of / the Second World War and subsequent conflicts / were unveiled on Sunday 1st August 1999 by / the Lord Imbert, QPM, JP / Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Greater London'; on the side facing the high street (north) there is plaque: 'Orpington Urban District / to the memory of those in the / services and the residents of this / district who died in the World War / 1939-1945'