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Title
Mottingham War Memorial
Date
1920
Medium
Portland stone & bronze
Accession number
SE9_ML_S188
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Bromley London Borough Council
Custodian
Bromley London Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
26th March 1920
Listing date
24/09/15
Access
at all times
Inscription description
an inscription on one bronze plaque reads: THIS MONUMENT / IS ERECTED / IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF / MOTTINGHAM / WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR / GOD, KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE WORLD WARS / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945; the other five sides record the names, regiments and ranks of the 44 local men who gave their lives in the First World War; a further bronze plaque on the temple plinth records the names of the 24 local men who perished in the Second World War; below it is a further bronze plaque inscribed: ALSO REMEMBERED / WITH GRATEFUL APPRECIATION / THOSE WHO, SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR, / HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN CONFLICTS / AND PEACE-KEEPING MISSIONS / THROUGHOUT THE WORLD