Erection date: 9/11/2017
In memory of the seven people who lost their lives and those affected by the tram derailment close to Sandilands on 9 November 2016.
Croydon will never forget.
CR0, Central Parade, Market Square
There is another memorial in Sandilands.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Croydon Tram Derailment - New Addington
The tram carrying 69 passengers, had left New Addington bound for Wimbledon. ...
This is a classy plaque, very of its time. From Fanny Cornforth we learn that the text "death has...." is written by Henry Wilson and is...
This text is on the north-west face of the stone base to the cross. There was text on at least one other side of the stone but the weath...
The expression "our glorious dead" suggests that this memorial was raised to the dead in the armed forces only and not to any civilian dead.
The statue is of the boy David holding Goliath's sword (the clue is in the size of the sword). The model for this statue used to be on pu...
The Celtic cross is decorated with twisted rope in the arms with 'IHS' at the centre - see the Teddington Cross for more information on t...
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