Plaque | War served | WW1

Victor Crutchley VC

Inscription

{Beneath a representation of the Victoria Cross medal:}
Lieutenant Victor Crutchley, Royal Navy, 9th - 10th May 1918

Site: Chelsea war monument (6 memorials)

SW1, Sloane Square

Believed to be the first war memorial erected on a public highway. At first sight just a simple stone cross on a plinth, but the whole base is octagonal and has many parts: 3 steps, 3 sections to the plinth and then the lower part of the cross has 3 subsidiary plinth-like sections. This simple monument, like many WW1 memorials, has been designed with care and style.

This memorial is a Cross of Sacrifice, originally designed to stand in Imperial War Grave Commission cemeteries abroad, or in cemeteries at home with more than forty British military burials (e.g. Queen's Road Cemetery Croydon). Blomfield designed it in a variety of sizes. We thank Duncan Youel for providing much of this information.

The VC plaques are arranged on the ground in a checkerboard pattern: reading left-right, down: Davies, Gribble, Cartwright, Boarke, Crutchley.

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World War 1

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Victor Crutchley, VC

Sailor. Born Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley in Chelsea. His mother had be...

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Department for Communities and Local Government

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Chelsea war monument

Chelsea war monument

From the typefaces one can tell that the two inscriptions were done at differ...

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George Cartwright VC

George Cartwright VC

{Beneath a representation of the Victoria Cross medal:} Private George Cartwr...

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Julian Gribble VC

Julian Gribble VC

{Beneath a representation of the Victoria Cross medal:} Captain Julian Gribbl...

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Rowland Bourke VC

Rowland Bourke VC

{Beneath a representation of the Victoria Cross medal:} Lieutenant Rowland Bo...

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Vice Admiral Richard Bell Davies VC

Vice Admiral Richard Bell Davies VC

Laid into the ground on the west side of the war memorial. It's off-centre w...

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