Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Bromley
- Town
- Bromley
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Post-1945 war or conflict, Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 29th October 1922
Attended by: General The Lord Horne GCB KCMG ADC - Dedicated
Date: 6th November 1949
Attended by: Rev W H Murray-Walton; Alderman B J Finnie, MC JP (Mayor); Mr Harold MacMillian (MP for Bromley) - Dedicated
Date: 29th October 1922
Attended by: John Harmer D D, the Bishop of Rochester - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3844
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Current location
Martins Hill Open Space
Glassmill Lane
Bromley
Bromley
Greater London
BR2 0XH
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 39981 69240
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A four-stepped base surmounted by a plinth and obelisk. There are three female figures standing around the base of the obelisk. Bronze shield with dedicatory inscription placed on one side of the base of the obelisk. Three bronze figures representing liberty, victory and peace placed at the base of the other sides of the obelisk. The dedication and names are written on bronze plaques mounted on the sides of the plinth. There is an additional small rectangular plaque commemorating post-1945 casualties.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face first plaque: NAMES OF THE FALLEN/ (Names) 6 o'clock face second plaque: ALSO REMEMBERED/ WITH GRATEFUL APPRECIATION/ THOSE WHO, SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR, HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN CONFLICTS/ AND PEACE-KEEPING MISSIONS/ THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 6 o'clock face third plaque: THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THOSE OF OUR PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE/ WAR OF 1914-1918 AND 1939-1945 12 o'clock face: IN PROUD MEMORY/ OF MANY BRAVE MEN/ WHO WENT FORTH/ FROM THIS TOWN/ AND SERVED THEIR KING/ AND COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ AND IN THAT SERVICE/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES 12 o'clock face plaque: (Names) 3 and 9 o'clock faces: (Names) Plaques between others: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 769
Served and returned: 0
Died: 769
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname.
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 476
Served and returned: 0
Died: 476
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname.
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname. - Post-1945 war or conflict
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height 8000MM
Materials: Stone - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Figures
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- BROMLEY WAR MEMORIAL, ST MARTIN'S HILL
- 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
- BROMLEY
- WMO ID: 118833
- Condition: Good [last updated on 04-10-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 14 Dec. 1995: Grade II* listed (ID 442525).
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Bromley Council
- Reference
- www.bromleywarmemorial.org.uk - accessed 8 September 2020
- Eltham and District Times 12 Aug 1921
- Bromley Mercury 18 Nov 1921
- Kent Fallen Website
- Unidentified Newspaper/Magazine 8 Nov. 2012
- Geograph www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2561381
- Unveiling Programme/ Order of Service 29 Oct. 1922
- Carter Postcard Collection
- BROMLEY WAR MEMORIALS VOLUME ONE by RASON, PAUL 30-47 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY NOV 1999 BROMLEY
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