Boys of St Martin's School
{On the scroll held by the two angels:}
Rest in peace
{A Christian cross forms the division between the two columns, each of 21 names, not in any apparent sequence. See the Subjects Commemorated for the names.}
WC2, Adelaide Street, 12
Both memorials are on the south facade of the building, facing the church.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Martin's School War Memorial
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Martin's School War Memorial
The large lettering runs along the top of the south face of the building.
"Cenotaph" is Greek for "empty tomb". The shape is a plain pylon with a coffin on top. This memorial by Lutyens, for the first anniver...
The list of names contains two pairs of duplicates: C. Chipperfield and H. Smith; neither is a transcription error on our part. These cou...
This website gives the name of the recipients of the Victoria Cross from Lewisham and nearby areas.
This text is on the north-west face of the stone base to the cross. There was text on at least one other side of the stone but the weath...
The statue is of the boy David holding Goliath's sword (the clue is in the size of the sword). The model for this statue used to be on pu...
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