{The inscription on the front of the plinth has become illegible, all but:}
... who gave their lives in the wars
1914 – 1918
1939 – 1945
The Rotherhithe people were prescient or just lucky. The way they had worded the text for their WW1 memorial meant that all they had to do in incorporate WW2 was to add the dates and an 's' to 'war'.
SE16, St Marychurch Street, St Mary the Virgin Church
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rotherhithe war memorial
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
Originally surrounded by metal railings which have since been replaced with the hedge.
The typeface used on the sides of the monument replicates that used in war-time ration books. The unveiling was one of the ceremonies to ...
The inscription was written by the Rev. T. W. Weare, Under-Master of Westminster 1841-1861. Our information comes from Westminster Abbey...
Our photo shows just one of the four panels. See Stockwell War Memorial for more information about some of the names on this, Waterloo, ...
We believe Higham funded this temporary memorial, rather than just putting in an appearance at the unveiling.
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