Showcase result
Kenley Memorial Hall
Town or City: Kenley
County:
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM3385
Value of grant: £
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2009
UKNIWM reference number: 770
Kenley Memorial Hall is in the vernacular style, largely made from brick, with black and white ‘Tudor’ style panelling. Inside, the timber roof beams can be seen and the parquet floor has badminton lines marked out. 
The hall is located on Godstone Road in Kenley, London Borough of Croydon.
War Memorials Trust gave a grant of £2,500 towards the replacement of the floor which had become very worn and unusable for functions.
The history of the hall begins in 1919 when a committee of local 
people formed for the purpose of erecting a war memorial. Sir Charles L. Morgan, a prominent local figure, purchased the land in memory of his eldest son, Lieutenant William Watkins Morgan RNVR. He served in the Hawke Battalion of the Naval Division and died in Gallipoli leading a night assault on the Turkish trenches in 1915.
The hall was opened on 8th April 1922 by Major-General Sir C.E. Pereira K.C.B., C.M.G.
The tablet on the hall is dedicated to 21 local men who died.
The hall was requisitioned between 1940-47 by The War Department, first as an ARP post then as a troop rehabilitation centre. 
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM3385
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 770
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
