Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Bromley
Town
Bromley
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
41131

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Current location

In storage: Bromley Historic Collections
Bromley Central Library
High Street
Bromley
Bromley
Greater London
BR1 1EX
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 40200 69100
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Memorial book complied as a history of and entitled 'Orpington from Saxon times to the Great War'. A copy was presented to each family who had lost a relative in the Great War.
Inscription
BOOK: IN REMEMBRANCE/ OF BRAVE MEN WHO/ DIED FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY/ MCMXIX/ THEYR DIED FOR ENGLAND BRAVELY DARED/ THEIR LIVES THAT LIBERTY MIGHT LIVE/ TO PEACE THE PATHWAYS THEY PREPARED/ THY PEACE THE LIGHT LORD TO THEM GIVE/ J.F.T./ PRO PATRIA PERIERE DOMI MODO VIVERET ALMA/ LIBERTAS VITAM POSTHABUERE SUAM/ MUNIVERE VIAM FUSO SED SANGUINE PACI/ PAX HIS OMNIPOTENS SIT TUA SIT REQUIES/ E.I.R. LETTER: THROUGHOUT THE GREAT WAR THE VILLAGE OF ORPINGTON HAS BEEN PRESERVED/ INTACT AND ITS INHABITANTS HAVE BEEN UNHARMED./ THE YOUTH AND MANHOOD OF OUR VILLAGE AND OF THE NATION FOUGHT AND/ DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN SECURITY, AND THAT WE MIGHT BE FREE TO DEVELOP/ OUR IDEALS AND TO PURSUE THE PATHS OF PEACE AND RIGHT LIVING./ FOR THESE GIFTS TO US THEY HAVE PAID WITH THEIR LIVES, AND IN THIS PRICE/ YOU HAVE A DIRECT SHARE WHICH WE WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE./ WE DESIRE TO SHARE WITH YOU IN SUCH MEASURE AS WE MAY THE LOSS OF/ YOUR DEAR ONE, TO SYMPATHISE WITH YOU IN YOUR SORROW, AND TO REJOICE WITH/ YOU IN THE HAPPY MEMORY OF THE VALOUR AND SELFLESS DEVOTION WHICH HE DISPLAYED./ WE DESRIE ALSO TO ASSOCIATE OURSELVES WITH YOU IN THE DETERMINATION THAT/ HIS SACRIFICE SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN MADE IN VAIN, THAT ALL THE GOOD AND GODLY/ PURPOSE OF HIS LIFE, SOWN AS SEED IN HIS DEATH, SHALL IN YOUR HANDS AND IN / OURS BE TENDED WITH CARE AND DEVOTION UNTIL IT YELDS ITS RICH HARVEST OF GOOD DEEDS./ WE ASK YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS MEMORIAL VOLUME AS A SMALL TRIBUTE TO/ THE MEMORY OF YOUR DEAD, AND AS A MEMORIAL TO THOSE THAT COME AFTER YOU / OF THE VILLAGE IN WHICH HE LIVED AND OF THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HE GAVE HIS LIFE./ OCTOBER 1919
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Book
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Unknown
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • BROMLEY WAR MEMORIALS VOLUME THREE by RASON, PAUL 2833 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY NOV 1999 BROMLEY

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