Penge War Memorial, High Street, Penge, SE20
This is the War Memorial for the area of the old Penge Urban District Council whose Chairman, Councillor Francis P. Hodes J.P. performed the unveiling on Sunday 25th September 1925, and the dedication was by the vicar of Penge, the Rev. Canon Smyly. The memorial is about 4.5 metres high of rough hewn granite of the Celtic cross design with the sword of sacrifice in relief, rather faint and almost unnoticed now. The names of the 399 local men who died in the First World War are recorded on plaques in 18 columns at the base of the memorial.
The wording of the First World War reads:-
"ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF PENGE TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN PROUD MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918"
The Second World War inscription which was added in 1947 reads:-
"ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF H.M. FORCES CIVIL DEFENCE AND CIVILIAN POPULATION OF PENGE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945"