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Men of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe who died in WW1

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Men who gave their lives in the two world wars and subsequent conflicts.

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

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Men of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe who died in WW1

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Bermondsey war memorial

Quotations come from John Maxwell Edmonds and Laurence Binyon.

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