Location:
New Cross Hospital (closed)
Avonley Road
New Cross
(Lost?)
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Type: Garden with seat
Physical Description: Small garden with bench positioned within a semi-circular walled area.
Ceremonies:
War Commemorated: Second World War
Other References: 1877-1977 The Centenary of New Cross Hospital published by Guys Health District October 1977
Other details and outline history: On September 7th, 1940 five staff were killed during an air raid, four of them were nurses sheltering in a covered corridor and the fifth was Albert Dolphin, a porter, who bravely tried to rescue the nurses, but was killed by falling masonry. Albert Dolphin was awarded the George Cross posthumously and is remembered on the Lewisham Shopping Centre Mural
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