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Remembrance
Memorials to those who died in wars and conflicts.
New Hither Green and Sydenham memorial to those who died through enemy air raids in WW1 unveiled
{Picture, Caption: Commemoration of Civilian Deaths in Hither Green and Sydenham in WW1} The memorial in the Ladywell Cemetery commemorates civilian victims of enemy air raids in the First World War. On 19th October 1917 a Zeppelin dropped a bomb on what was then Glenview Road near Hither Green station. (The road is now part…
Database of Brockley & Ladywell gravestones and inscriptions now online
The North West Kent Family History Society has just this week added a large database of memorial inscriptions from the gravestones at Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries to their website. Although some of the data has been available for some years, this is the first time that the entire database as originally recorded has been made…
Lewisham burial records added to Deceased Online
{Picture} At FOBLC we get a lot of requests to help families find the graves of their ancestors and we’re delighted that the burial and cremation records for Lewisham have now been added to Deceased Online. This central database of statutory burial and cremation registers for the UK and Republic of Ireland offers a unique searchable resource…
Heritage Lottery Fund Projects
FoBLC acknowledges the financial support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Ladywell Ward Localities Fund in making possible the project to record the history of a few of the civilian victims of bombings during the First World War, who are memorialised in the Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries Here are some projects that have been realised thanks to that…
Civilian War Memorial
A marble memorial to commemorate those who lost their lives through enemy air raids between 1917-1918. The names commemorate those who are buried within the cemetery without individual headstones, with some touching epithets accompanying them.
WWI Memorial
This memorial is located at the end of an avenue of yew trees leading you directly there from the Ladywell Gate. The memorial serves as a place for remembering those who lost their lives fighting in the First World War.
Battle of Jutland centenary: Able Seaman Arthur Mark Lane (1893-1916)
On the boundary between the two cemeteries aside a roughly trodden pathway lies a faded headstone inscription that reminds the onlooker of one of the last fateful engagements during the greatest naval battle of the Great War fought in two main phases over 36 hours in the North Sea 60 miles off the coast of…