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Elizabeth Watkins: Honouring the Last Survivor of Waterloo on Its 200th Anniversary
With the 200th anniversary of Waterloo it is time to celebrate the incredible life of Elizabeth Watkins, the last survivor of the battle who died aged 94 and is buried in the Brockley & Ladywell cemeteries. Elizabeth was only 5 years old when she accompanied her mother to help care for the British wounded in…
The WW1 scandal of the sinking of Submarine E13
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Following the recent cutting back of overgrowth by Bereavement Services employees in the Ladywell section of the cemetery we were particularly pleased to be able to locate the family grave of Able Seaman Alfred J Payne. The grave lies a few yards from the path that runs alongside the boundary with the Brockley side. In the early hours of August…
Dedication of memorial to Rorke’s Drift veteran, Gunner Arthur Howard
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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. …
Elizabeth Watkins: Waterloo Veteran (1810-1904)
Continuing our series on the remarkable people buried within the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries, we are very grateful to Brockley resident and amateur genealogist John Luke who has researched the remarkable story of Elizabeth Watkins, who is described on her gravestone as a ‘Waterloo Veteran’ though she could only have been five years old at…