(base) IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE. UNKNOWN AND YET WELL KNOWN, DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE, (sides) GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS (top) THE LORD KNOWETH THEM THAT ARE HIS, THEY BURIED HIM AMONG THE KINGS BECAUSE HEĪround the main inscription are four texts: The grave selected is made of black marble and is surrounded by poppies that symbolize remembrance. Since the identity of the soldier is only known to be a man on the French front, many visit the grave because it could have been their son or father that they are paying their respects to. This gave the reverend the inspiration to write to the Dean of Westminster for a grave to be created for all of those buried without a name. The grave had a makeshift cross, which was inscribed in pencil “An Unknown Soldier”. If you have any suggestions for improvements or inclusions please let us know.The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior first came to fruition when Reverend David Railton, a chaplain at the front, found a grave of in the garden at Armentières, France in 1916. Please bear with us until it is completed. This wiki is still being developed and subject to change. In addition to locating and photographing memorials, this project will provide SmartWater, a forensic liquid, free of charge to vulnerable and at risk war memorials. or at any Lewisham Borough Library and ask for it to be sent to the Local History and Archives Centre at Lewisham Library.Ī new Project has been launched In Memoriam 2014 - the War Memorials Trust and the SmartWater Foundation have joined together to provide greater protection for war memorials in the United Kingdom.By post to Local History and Archives Centre, 199-201, High Street, Lewisham.By email to ku.vog.mahsiwel|seiduts.lacol#ku.vog.mahsiwel|seiduts.lacol.There are a number of ways you can contribute to this wiki: If you would like to support this project you are welcome to submit any more information on the memorials and the people commemorated on them. This is intended for anyone to add the information they have but also to help those who have found that their relative or person of interest was a Lewisham person, but their name is not on a local Memorial. If you have anything to add to this site contact the Local History and Archives Centre at ku.vog.mahsiwel|seiduts.lacol#ku.vog.mahsiwel|seiduts.lacolĬlick here For the Site Lewisham Book of RemembranceĪlso there is a site for people to add information about local Lewisham people who died during the First World War. This site will be added to over the next 5 years, so revist and see the new material we are adding. There is a history of Lewisham Military Hospital, Conscription, research into local Conscientious Objectors and the Military Tribunals. Local images of the area at the time and local Military images. This site is being added to but includes articles from local Newspapers including the first one after War was declared. Latest!! Lewisham in the First World WarĪ new site from Lewisham Local History and Archives Centre focusing on the present London Borough of Lewisham area during the First World War. * Material provided by Alan Humphries January & September 2009. And Henry James Drew material provided by John Bennett his Great Great Nephew, 2017. Do you have information about someone whose name appears on a memorial in the borough? An example of the type of personal details we would like to add to this site, and collect for the archives, can be seen at Albert Baker, Humphries, William V A*, Humphries, William Henry James* and Tappenden, Alfred Bernard*. Do you know of any memorials not yet included? As we do not hold any Service or Regimental records here, we also want to record details of the people commemorated. We need your help to complete this project. This is an ongoing project, which aims eventually to include all the war memorials in the borough, with descriptions, pictures, locations (marked on a map), inscriptions, names recorded, biographies, newscuttings, and histories. Thanks to our former volunteers Ann O'Brien and the late Andy Pepper for their hard work this project is a comprehensive resource.įor more information on this project click here. The initial information was collected by Paul Dyer, a regional volunteer with the UK National Inventory of War Memorials, who generously donated a copy of his research. This wiki was launched in November 2008 and it lists the memorials in the current London Borough of Lewisham area, which includes the old Metropolitan Boroughs of Lewisham and Deptford.
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