Monument

Deptford war memorial

Erection date: 7/7/1921

Inscription

{Between statues of a soldier and a sailor with arms reversed and heads bowed:}.
Deptford's tribute to her gallant sons who were faithful unto death 1914 - 1918, 1939 - 1945.

The memorial is now in the Borough of Lewisham. Deptford ceased to exist as a separate borough in 1965.

Wagstaff created the two figures of servicemen and collaborated with the builder Richards on the central octagonal shaft in Portland stone.

Site: Deptford war memorial (1 memorial)

SE14, Lewisham Way

The memorial in Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries lists the Deptford servicemen who were lost in the war.

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

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Deptford war memorial

Subjects commemorated i

World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...

World War 2

Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...

Servicemen of Deptford who died in WW1 and WW2

"Deptford's tribute to her gallant sons who were faithful unto death".

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Deptford war memorial

Created by i

William Richards

Builder active in 1921.

William Wagstaff

William Wheatley Wagstaff. Sculptor, architectural sculptor, stone carver, sc...

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