Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries

Second World War

Lance Bombardier Sydney James Hedger- ‘ Died for his Country’- Dunkirk 1st June 1940 aged 21 years

Jan 8, 2018

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FoBLC

in Notable Burials

in _Missing Images, Commemoration, missing images, Second World War, War Graves

British troops line up on the beach at Dunkirk to await evacuation. Located amidst a cluster of graves in Brockley cemetery lies the gothic shaped family headstone of the Hedger family. The stark details of Sydney James Hedger’s sacrifice, lettered on the headstone, having been wounded at Dunkirk tell the viewer that ‘ he died…
Hash discovered buried in Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries

Oct 25, 2010

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FoBLC

in Notable Burials

in _Broken Link, Famous Graves, Hash, Running, Second World War

FOBLC stalwart Mike Guilfoyle’s investigations into the great and good buried in the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries have uncovered another gem, the founder of ‘Hashing’. Before going any further we should explain that the ‘Hash’ in question is not the illegal substance but The Hash House Harriers whose founder A.S.Gilbert lies buried in the Brockley…