{On each side of the crucifix is a wooden plaque:}
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord.
1914 - 1918, 1939 - 1945
SW18, West Hill, St Thomas a Becket catholic church
Unusually we have taken our picture of the building from the church's own website - it is much better than ours.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Thomas a Becket church war memorial
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
Lady Diana Cooper as Britannia sits on a lion which clutches a Union Jack shield. She holds the book 'Who's Who' and is awarding a laurel...
The bell says 'Since 1754', whilst the accompanying plaque says the market opened in 1756. We have tried to establish which of the dates ...
Our researches have turned up just one clue, which may mean nothing: in John Fletcher's mid 17th century romantic comedy, ‘Women Pleased’...
From St Pancras: "The memorial sits on the station's Grand Terrace, close to the location of bomb damage from two prominent air raids on ...
Our photo shows the 3 memorials in a line, from the back: flagpole, Dimmer, Skylon. Photos of this stretch of riverside just before the ...
Born Dover. In WW1 served with the Royal Engineers in France. Other London works include: a war memorial at St John, Hackney, the Hornsey County School War Memorial now housed in the Crouch End To...
London based football team, known as 'The Hammers'. Founded by Arnold Hills (1857-1927), MD of Thames Ironworks, who also founded the Oriolet Hospital and Convalescent Home. This club was original...
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
Boy Telegraphist on H.M.S. Shark, forces number J/81802. He died, aged 17, when his ship was torpedoed at the start of the Battle of Jutland. His number on the handwritten entry on the Blackheath W...
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