Monument | War dead | WW1, WW2

Blackheath war memorial

Inscription

{Left hand panel:}
1914

{Central panel beneath the Royal Borough of Greenwich coat of arms with the motto Tempore Utimur (We use time):}
Borough of Greenwich
In glorious & grateful memory of the men of this borough who gave their lives in the Great War. The number exceeds 1600 and their names are recorded in a roll of honor deposited in this memorial.

{Right hand panel:}
1918

{On a separate, temporary, addition:}
Five names (see Commemorated subjects).

{At the foot of the memorial:}
Also in grateful remembrance of those residents of the borough who gave their lives to the country during the war 1939 - 1945.

The separate, temporary, addition can be seen in our photo - the row of 6 small white crosses, on a white base, which does not appear to be attached to the monument. A name with some details has been hand-written on the base, in front of each cross, and, oddly, the name A. E. Cownden appears twice but with slightly different details.

Site: Blackheath war memorial (1 memorial)

SE3, Maze Hill/Charlton Way

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Blackheath war memorial

Subjects commemorated i

World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...

Read More

World War 2

Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...

Read More

Aircraftman 1st Class Albert Ernest Cownden

Number J/81802 in R.A.F. Squadron 903. His name appears twice as A. E. Cownde...

Read More

Show all 8

Nearby Memorials

Croydon Tram Derailment - Sandilands

Croydon Tram Derailment - Sandilands

CR0, Addiscombe Road

This memorial is close to the crash site. There is another in New Addington.

8 subjects commemorated
Gerard Manley Hopkins - E15

Gerard Manley Hopkins - E15

E15, The Grove, Stratford Library

Seamus Heaney unveiled the plaque and performed at a poetry reading later in Stratford Town Hall as part of the celebrations for the 150t...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Harrow on the Hill war memorial

Harrow on the Hill war memorial

HA1, Lowlands Road

Names are inscribed on the vertical faces of the 4 steps leading up to the plinth. Many of these are too weather-beaten to read so we hav...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
St Mary's War Memorial

St Mary's War Memorial

NW1, Munster Square, Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene

{On the low central panel:} In loving memory of all connected with the church who died in the war, MCMXIV to MCMXIX. {i.e. 1914 to 1919....

War dead | WW1
87 subjects commemorated
Susanna Wesley monument

Susanna Wesley monument

EC1, City Road

The plaque is on the yellow brick wall, hidden by the bush with red flowers.

5 subjects commemorated

Previously viewed

Bee Gees

Bee Gees

W1, Brook Street, 67

The Bee Gees, Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb, composed and stayed here, 1968 - 1980. City of Westminster The Heritage Foundation

4 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Henry Gage Spicer

Henry Gage Spicer

Chairman of the paper manufacturers Spicers, Ltd, and Associated Companies. 1933 Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. Owned a country estate, 'Holmwood', Sawston, Cambridge (but we can fi...

Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration

3 memorials