{On each side of the crucifix is a wooden plaque:}
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord.
1914 - 1918, 1939 - 1945
SW18, West Hill, St Thomas a Becket catholic church
Unusually we have taken our picture of the building from the church's own website - it is much better than ours.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Thomas a Becket church 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...
There are 4 friezes of designs impressed into lead. The two on the left are identical to the two on the right. We've stitched the two u...
Inscriptions for Beresford Square and Woolwich Market are on opposite sides of the arch.
Three churches and two clock towers have been built on this site, but nothing remains today. A modern information board (which you can se...
The original was in lead and gilt and was, apparently, London's first outdoor statue of a soldier. The site was originally intended for ...
The Mayor's response to this death was "One cyclist fatality is one too many.” That was also his response to each of the other 5 cyclist...
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