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{Front of memorial, beneath the coat of arms of the former Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey, with the motto 'Prosunt Gentibus Artes' (arts profit the people):}
This monument is erected to the honoured memory of the men of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe who fell in the great war 1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945.
To those who gave their lives in subsequent conflicts.

{Side of memorial:}
When you go home tell them of us and say for your tomorrow we gave our today.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.

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In remembrance of all those civilians and members of the civil defence and fire brigade services who lost their lives in this community 1939 - 1945.