Memorial
Penge Congregational Church - WW1
Current Location
PENGE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, High St, Penge, Bromley, Greater London, SE20 7QG, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 35710 69930
Denomination
Congregational
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 45759
- Description
- MEETING ROOM WITH DEDICATORY BLACK PAINTED RECTANGULAR WOODEN BOARD WITH INSCRIPTION IN GOLD LETTERING
- Inscription
- CENTRE SECTION: THESE ALL DIED IN FAITH,/ NOT HAVING RECEIVED/ THE PROMISES./ GOD HAVING PROVIDED/ SOME BETTER THINGS CONC-/ ERNING US THAT APART/ FROM US THEY SHOULD/ NOT BE MADE PERFECT/ HEBREWS X1.,13 & 40/ GREY SORROW MOUNTS ON SUNLIGHT WINGS AS WE/ THIS TRESURE-HOUSE OF FAITH DO DEDICATE/ TO THOSE WHOSE EAGER SPIRITS COULD NOT WAIT/ FOR THOSE THAT WOULD HAVE BORNE THEM COMPANY./ OUR TRUST WAS THEIRS; OURS THEIR VICTORY/ RICH HERITAGE THAT NOW WE CONSECRATE/ WITHIN THESE WALLS TO HOLD INVIOLATE/ IN HOLY COURAGE AND FIRM CONSTANCY./ NOT WITHOUT US SHALL THEY BE PERFECTED/ THE WAR-REAPED HARVEST OF THEIR LIVES IS OURS/ TO MULTIPLY - WE ARE ENCOMPASSED/ BY THEIR STRONG SOULS: THE TASK THEY WOULD HAVE TRIED/ HERE UPON EARTH THEIR PRESENCE NOW EMPOWERS/ OUR HANDS TO DO, THAT THEY BE JUSTIFIED./ DUDLEY CLARK. NOV. 1920. LEFT AND RIGHT HAND SIDES: (NAMES)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 20
- Died
- 20
- Information shown
- surname,rank,regiment,forename
- Order of names
- surname,forename,rank,regiment
- War
- First World War - civilians
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- occupation,additional
- Custodian
- CHURCH
Components
- Board
Made from: Wood
Condition: Good
- BROMLEY WAR MEMORIALS VOLUME FIVE by RASON, PAUL 100-1 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY NOV 1999 BROMLEY