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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Lewisham
Town
Sydenham
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: January 1923
    Attended by: Rev Robertson Ballard
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
12304

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Current location

211-213
Wesley Hall
Sydenham Road
Sydenham
Lewisham
Greater London
SE26 5JZ
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 36067 71474
Denomination: Methodist

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Description
Copper plaque with names and inscriptions now mounted on a pale wood back board. A Communion rail was installed in the original worship area of the church as a memorial to those lost in WW1. The WW1 plaque was on the base of the Communion rail and were placed on the Chapel wall when the worship area was re-sited in 1969 to a lower floor above the WW2 plaque.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ 1914 THEIR NAME SHALL REMAIN FOR EVER AND THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT 1918
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bailey, Ee
Bailey, Fj
Cuss, Fs
Cuthbertson, Fj
Frampton, H
Green, F
Herring, H
Hitchings, Rg
Ingham, H
Lawrence, R
See details for all 16 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 16
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 16
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Initials, surname
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Copper
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • The Kentish Mercury, 12 January 1923.
  • Lewisham Journal, January 1923.

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