Mottingham War Memorial

War memorial. Dedicated on 26th March 1920. The architect was George Hubbard FSA FRIBA and the builder was John Daymond & Sons.

MATERIALS: Portland stone with bronze plaques.

DESCRIPTION: a hexagonal Roman Doric temple about 4m in height enclosing a central altar-like structure. It has a moulded entablature supported on six Roman Doric columns above a moulded stone plinth on two steps. Within the temple is a central hexagonal moulded altar-like structure, bearing six bronze plaques, surmounted by a stone Roman cross. 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.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 9 February 2017.