Location:
Hither Green Cemetery
Verdant Lane
Hither Green SE6 1JX
UKNIWM Ref:
Map: Memorials of Lewisham Map
Type: Tablet
Description:
Mass Grave with rectangular stone surround, containing a tablet with inscription on a raised area.
Inscription:
Sacred To The Memory Of 38 Children
And 6 Teachers Who Were Killed When
Sandhurst Road School Was Bombed
By A Lone German Aeroplane
On Wednesday 20th January 1943
31 Children and 1 teacher are buried together in a civilian war dead plot at Hither Green Cemetery. 7 Children and 5 teachers were buried elsewhere.
Wars Commemorated: Second World War
Press: The Kentish Mercury 29 January 1943, Evening Standard 16 February 1995
Other References: Blake, Lewis Red Alert, South East London 1939-1945, published by the Author 1992.
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