Monument: Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy - new memorial
Erection date: 1992
Inscription
{Left hand page of an open book:}
To commemorate the scouts of the 2nd Walworth Troop drowned off Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey, on 4th August 1912.
{On either side of a boy scouts' trail sign:}
Gone Home
{List of the names and ages of the 9 victims. See Commemorated subjects for the list.}
{Right hand page of the book, beneath the Boy Scouts' emblem:}
This stone erected in 1992 replaces the memorial designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
Donated by Kellaways Funeral Service & Francis Chappell Monumental Masons Ltd. With the help of the Friends of Nunhead Cemetery.
Site: Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy (2 memorials)
SE15, Linden Grove, Nunhead Cemetery
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