Lewisham Zeppelin raid appeal

Below is the text of a letter from the FOBLC published in the Wednesday December 15th issue Lewisham Mercury

Dear Editor,

Following the successful 'Up the Line' remembrance event in Brockley & Ladywell Cemetery ( Thursday 11th November), friends of the cemetery expressed an interest in restoring the broken memorial to the civilian victims of the Zeppelin raid on Lewisham( 17/20 th October 1917). This lies next to the heroes corner monument on the Ladywell side. The seperate Deptford memorial in the cemetery was a prominent feature in this years programme.If any of your readers has any information or family links to those killed and injured in this raid and whose names are on the Lewisham Council Archives webpage, we would be very appreciative if they could contact mike@foblc.org.uk

Yours Sincerely

Mike Guilfoyle
Friends of Brockley & Ladywell Cemetery
London SE4

Forthcoming meetings & events

General meetings are held in January and June (AGM). Meetings are held in the Chapel in the Ladywell Cemetery. Volunteer workdays, under the guidance of the Council Bereavement Services staff, generally take place on Sundays in alternate months NEXT MEETINGS The next open committee meeting will be on Saturday 21st September at 2pm in the Chapel. Work session Sunday 22nd September 10am – 12.15pm Please meet at the Brockley gate. Please bring your own gloves, secateurs and loppers if you have them and let Geoffrey know if you are attending (geoffrey@foblc.org.uk) The burial records of the Cemeteries in Lewisham, including Brockley and Ladywell, have been scanned and digitised under an arrangement between the London Borough of Lewisham and Deceased Online. Initial basic searches are free of charge. Log on to www.deceasedonline.com for more details.

Click below for:

FOBLC 2021-22 Annual Report

List of plants found in the Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries

Heritage Lottery Fund Projects

FoBLC acknowledges the financial support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Ladywell Ward Localities Fund in making possible the project to record the history of a few of the civilian victims of bombings during the First World War, who are memorialised in the Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries

Here are some projects that have been realised thanks to that support:

1/ A Commemoration of Civilian Deaths in the Deptford area in the First World War, an explanatory booklet is available from the Friends group. Click here to see the display panels

2/ The Bombings of South East London 1915-18, a two part resource for schools, click here for School Studies information and here for Questions of Evidence

3/ A Commemoration of Civilian Deaths in Hither Green and Sydenham in the First World War, click here to see the display panels

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