Location:
Lewisham Museum Collection [LHAC]
199 - 201, Lewisham High Street
Lewisham SE13 6LG
Type: Large bronze tablet
Description: Bronze tablet six feet wide by three feet high, in the centre there is the figure of a soldier of a mounted unit standing at the salute with a Union Flag in the background. The names of the fallen are inscribed on either side. Above the soldier is the inscription “For King and Country” and at the foot on a separate tablet is inscribed “To the glory of God and in memory of parishioners and seat-holders of Holy Trinity Parish Church, Sydenham who lost their lives in the Great War 1914-1918”
Inscription:
For King and Country
(Names)
To the glory of God and in memory of parishioners and seat-holders of Holy Trinity Parish Church, Sydenham who lost their lives in the Great War 1914-1918
Wars Commemorated: First World War
Ceremonies:
The memorial was unveiled on 16 December 1919 by Major General Sir Alban Crofton-Atkins K.C.B, and dedeicated on 19 February 1921 by Canon Arnott.
Press: The Kentish Mercury, November 21, 1919
The Borough News, Wednesday November 26 1919 (Photograph) and March 3 1921
Names: Click here for the names on this memorial
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by Local History and Archives Centre, Lewisham and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
