PRESS REPORTS ON STOCKWELL WAR MEMORIAL

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 29 November 1918
J. A. Wheeler proposes a permanent memorial to the men of the neighbourhood

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 5 August 1919
A site is secured and the first design is submitted

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 29 August 1919
Efforts to tracing the owners of the Triangle at the junction of South Lambeth and Clapham Roads

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 19 September 1919
Stockwell Memorial benefits from private enterprise; an update on fund-raising; major contributors

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 14 November 1919
Local stars turn out for fund-raising at the Stockwell Palladium

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 6 February 1920
The committee reports on progress

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 30 April 1920
Princess Beatrice helps the fund-raising effort

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 18 June 1920
More money is required

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 25 June 1920
Fete and gymkhana held to raise money

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 12 November 1920
Building starts soon but more money is needed

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 7 January 1921
First offer of a clock for the tower

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 17 February 1921
The Memorial project comes in for criticism

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 1 July 1921
Some old-fashioned fund-raising

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 24 February 1922
Dr Foord Caiger donates the clock in memory of his son Frederick

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 28 April 1922
Samuel Bowller appeals for funds

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 5 May 1922
The drama of the unveiling ceremony

♦ BRIXTON FREE PRESS 5 May 1922
"A worthy memorial to the glorious dead of the entire borough"

♦ SOUTH LONDON PRESS 11 May 1922
Poem on Stockwell War Memorial

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OTHER HISTORICAL RESOURCES

♦ The builder and the sculptor