Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Lewisham
Town
Lewisham
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: July 1920
    Attended by:
Lost
Lost
WM Reference
74504

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Previous locations
  • Sydenham Wesleyan Methodist Church
    Upper High St
    Lewisham
    Lewisham
    Greater London
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Wesleyan
Description
Approximately square off white marble tablet , within a wide nowy headed black border the inscription and names incised and coloured black ( this description taken from the image on this entry which is a reproduction of part of a newspaper article from the Catford Journal dated 3.7.1920 and written when the memorial was dedicated .)
Inscription
A.D. / 1914-1918 / REMEMBER WITH THANKSGIVING : / THE TRUE AND FAITHFUL MEN / WHO IN THESE YEARS OF WAR WENT FORTH / FROM THIS CHURCH FOR GOD AND THE RIGHT / THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO RETURNED NOT AGAIN / ARE HERE INSCRIBED TO BE HONOURED FOR EVERMORE / (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bilson, Harold
Duncan, George P
Eburne, J Reginald
George, Frank E
Harvard, K O'gorman
Harvard, L De Jersey
Hollis, T Frederick
Hopwood, John I
See details for all 8 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 8
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 8
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Firstname, surname
    Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Catford Journal, 3 July 1920
  • Kentish Mercury, 23 July 1920, p8

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