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University Hospital Lewisham
Town or City: Lewisham
County: Greater London
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1778
Value of grant: £420.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: English Heritage/Wolfson Foundation Grants
Year: 2006
UKNIWM reference number: 12277
The World War I memorial at University Hospital, Lewisham, south London, is a granite tablet with lead lettering and an inscribed stone bowl. It is set at an angle in the garden in front of the old library building facing on to Lewisham High Street.
In June 2006 English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation gave £420 towards work to clean the memorial and undertake tests to establish the correct method for repairing the lead lettering.
The dedication on the tablet reads
Dedicated to the brave men who died in this hospital and laid down their lives for the British empire 1914-1919. And to Dorothy Goodman and Helen Knibb who died at their post of duty nursing the sick and wounded
Erected by the medical and nursing staff Lewisham military hospital
The names of those commemorated are listed on the memorial.
On 4th August 1998 a rededication service was held for the memorial as it had been moved due to building work; the memorial had nearly been discarded by builders and was saved thanks to the intervention of one individual. The service was conducted by the hospital chaplain, the Reverend Annie Shaw and wreaths were laid. A small plaque in front of the memorial commemorates this.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1778
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 12277
More information, including a list of the men commemorated on this memorial
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
