The link between Napoleon and Captain James McTernan, buried in Brockley Cemetery

On the bicentenary of Napoleon Bonaparte's death in exile on St Helena, FoBLC vice-chair Mike Guilfoyle explores his link to Royal Naval surgeon Captain James McTernan, buried in Brockley Cemetery South London Press (p31, May 14th 2021 edition)

Captain James McTiernan is not the only person with a link to Napoleon buried in the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries. We previously featured the story of Waterloo veteran Elizabeth Watkins

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.

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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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The link between Napoleon and Captain James McTernan, buried in Brockley Cemetery

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