Plaque

Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy - original memorial

Inscription

This base is all that remains of the original memorial.

The base can be seen in our photo immediately behind the 'open book' which is the replacement memorial.

Site: Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy (3 memorials)

SE15, Linden Grove, Nunhead Cemetery

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

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy - original memorial

Subjects commemorated i

Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy

On Saturday the 3rd August 1912, the 2nd Walworth Troop of five adults and tw...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy - original memorial

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Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy - lost statue

Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy - lost statue

This monument, now lost, was paid for by public subscription. This photo come...

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Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy - new memorial

Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy - new memorial

{Left hand page of an open book:} To commemorate the scouts of the 2nd Walwor...

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Nearby Memorials

The Monument - west and north

The Monument - west and north

EC3, Monument Street

The bas relief by Cibber is worthy of close examination.  It shows a woman on the left (representing the City) languishing on some ruins....

4 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Constantine Cavafy

Constantine Cavafy

W2, Queensborough Terrace, 14-15, Manor Lodge

Constantine Cavafy, 1863 - 1933, Greek poet, lived here, 1873 - 1876. The London Hellenic Society, 1974

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
50th anniversary of D-Day

50th anniversary of D-Day

W1, Grosvenor Square

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1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Leysian Mission - Marshall

Leysian Mission - Marshall

EC1, City Road

The building is also known as the Imperial Hall. Up the top, in an Art Nouveau swirl the building is dated 1903.  The plaques are, left t...

2 subjects commemorated
Highbury Quadrant Congregational Church - 1 Price

Highbury Quadrant Congregational Church - 1 Price

N5, Highbury Quadrant

The 7 plaques are on different faces of the frontage of the building. We've numbered them left to right. Plaque 3 can be seen in our phot...

1 subject commemorated