Borders in the Literary and Visual Arts of David Jones

The modernist poet  David Jones, whose work was greatly admired by T.S. Eliot and W.S. Auden, and who lies buried in the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries is to be featured in a seminar by The David Jones Society in the Dissenter's Chapel on Saturday 22nd September.  You can read Mike Guilfoyle's account of his life here and ...

Dedication of memorial to Rorke’s Drift veteran, Gunner Arthur Howard

On Sunday 16th September, there will be a dedication of memorial to Gunner Arthur Howard at Brockley Cemetery.  The event will take place from approximately 11:30am to 12:15pm. The initiative to fund the headstone was that of Corporal Bugler Tim Needham, Royal Marines, who started a campaign to have the defenders of Rorke's Drift memorialised.    ...

JOIN US FOR OUR 5th ANNIVERSARY EVENT

FRIENDS OF BROCKLEY & LADYWELL CEMETERIESJOIN US FOR OUR 5th ANNIVERSARY EVENTSUNDAY 22nd JULY11am - 4.30pm·                Exhibition in the Ladywell Chapelof photographs of monuments and wildlife ·                Guided walks of the Cemeteries visiting the graves of sportsmen, poets, war veterans and local figures ·                RefreshmentsLadywell Cemetery, Ladywell Road, SE13 7HYLadywell station, Bus P4Brockley Cemetery, Brockley ...

Nunhead Cemetery Annual Open Day

Please come, it's a great day out and we hope to see you there!For more information go to www.fonc.org.uk

The Price Isn’t Right

Buried in the Brockley section, close to the Ivy Road footpath, lies Lt Gilbert Arthur Price,  a British intelligence officer who died in a dramatic gun battle with the IRA on Dublin's Talbot Street on October 14, 1920.Republican leader Seán Treacy was also killed in the fight which was a key moment in Irish history, commemorated ...

Remembrance Sunday Wreath Laying

Jane Clouson memorial

Jeff Hart led a well attended tour of the cemeteries last Saturday. One of the highlights of any visit is the Jane Clouson memorial.