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Memorial
Mike Guilfoyle commemorative bench
On 15th March 2024, the commemorative bench for MIke Guilfoyle was welcomed to a spot overlooking the Ladywell Heroes Corner. Mike’s widow, Nana Anto-Awuakye, was joined by a deacon from St. Mary Magdalen RC Church, Mike’s siblings, friends from the local area and members of the Friends of Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries, in the ceremony.
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)
Destruction of the British Armoured Cruiser HMS Black Prince during the night of 31st May 1916 at the Battle of Jutland: painting by German artist Willy Stower. 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…
Commander Archibald Buckle’s grave in Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries restored
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The grave of World War 1 hero Commander Buckle in Brockley Cemetery has been refurbished by members of the British Army Association. Sir Winston Churchill has referred to Buckle as one of the “salamanders born in the furnace,” who survived “to lead,to command, and to preserve the sacred continuity”. His history has been featured on…
Dedication of Gunner Howard memorial
The dedication to Gunner Howard was attended by Lewisham Mayor Sir Steve Bullock, as well as the organiser Cpl. Tim Needham and Prince Shange, the direct descendent of the leader of the Zulu forces at Rorke’s Drift.
Dedication of memorial to Rorke’s Drift veteran, Gunner Arthur Howard
On Sunday 16th September, there will be a dedication of memorial to Gunner Arthur Howard at Brockley Cemetery. The event will take place from approximately 11:30am to 12:15pm. The initiative to fund the headstone was that of Corporal Bugler Tim Needham, Royal Marines, who started a campaign to have the defenders of Rorke’s Drift memorialised. …