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Elly Blake

Bronze swords stolen from 100-year-old war memorial in act of ‘ brutal vandalism’

Three bronze swords have been stolen from a 100-year-old war memorial in south London in an act of “brutal vandalism”.

The Grade II listed memorial has stood in Lower Green West, Mitcham, since 1920 and has inscribed on it the names of 588 people who died during the First World War.

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