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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Lewisham
- Town
- Lower Sydenham
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War - civilians, Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 4 June 1920
Attended by: Lord Robert Cecil KC
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 12141
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Current location
On forecourt in front of hall.
225
Livesey Memorial Hall
Perry Hill
Lower Sydenham
Lewisham
Greater London
SE6 4HD
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 36530 72094
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Bronze figure of Victory triumphing over evil in the centre of memorial, bronze plaques on either side and plaque at the back. Three steps lead up to it.
- Inscription
- ORIGINAL INSCRIPTION, LEFT HAND PANEL: IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-19 FOR / THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD, 458 / OF THE CO-PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES / OF THE SOUTH SUBURBAN GAS COMPANY / TOOK PART. THEIR NAMES APPEAR / HEREON: ON THE ADJOINING TABLET BEING RECORDED THE NAMES OF / THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES. / THIS MEMORIAL TO THEM IS ERECTED / BY THEIR GRATEFUL EMPLOYERS, FELLOW-WORKERS AND CO-PARTNERS / "AND THESE - OH. NOT FOR NOUGHT / OUR BURDEN BORE" NEW INSCRIPTION: ON THE TABLETS ABOVE ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF THOSE / CO-PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE SOUTH SUBURBAN GAS COMPANY / WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THE WORLD WARS 1914-1919 / AND 1939-1945. THIS MEMORIAL TO THEM IS ERECTED BY THEIR / GRATEFUL EMPLOYERS AND CO-PARTNERS / "AND THESE - OH NOT FOR NAUGHT OUR BURDEN BORE" RIGHT HAND PANEL: NAMES OF THE FALLEN / (NAMES) / "IF I SHOULD DIE, THINK ONLY THIS OF ME: / THAT THERE'S SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD / THAT IS FOREVER ENGLAND. THERE SHALL BE / IN THAT RICH EARTH A RICHER DUST CONCEALED" / ROBERT BROOKE REAR OF THE MEMORIAL: NAMES OF THE PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE SOUTH SUBURBAN GAS COMPANY / WHO TOOK PART IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1919 / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, J
Aked, C G
Alexander, C W
Allison, W J
Anderton, F W
Arnold, E J
Ashenden, J
Attridge, G
Austin, R H
Aveling, G
See details for all 516 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 516
Served and returned: 458
Died: 58
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials of forenanes, surname, regiment
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 34
Served and returned: 0
Died: 34
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Figure
- Listing information
- LIVESEY HALL WAR MEMORIAL
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Southern Suburban Gas Company
- WMO ID: 188892
- Condition: Good [last updated on 18-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2011, 10 October: All 3 plaques stolen. Post 2012. Plaques replaced with new non-metal type
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- The Borough News 26 March 1919
- Eltham and District Times 25 March 1921
- The Catford Journal 5 March 1920
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