Grave of Damilola Taylor, Plumstead Cemetery
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Grave of Damilola Taylor, Plumstead Cemetery
Image: © Marathon Taken: 25 Mar 2020
The site now occupied by Plumstead Cemetery was formerly parkland that was laid out during the 17th century. The land was owned by Old Park Farm in 1845. Plumstead Cemetery was opened by Woolwich Burial Board in 1890. It occupies a prominent hillside and is backed to the north by Bostall Woods. For much more detail about the cemetery see http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=GRN040 This grave is just uphill from the main entrance in Cemetery Road and is to Damilola Taylor who was so tragically killed in Peckham on 27th November 2000. It has that photograph where he is smiling with the words "ALWAYS WITH A SMILE" and lower down the words "HIS LIFE WAS TRAGICALLY CUT SHORT". On the right are words Damilola wrote "I WILL TRAVEL FAR AND WIDE TO CHOOSE MY DESTINY AND REMOULD THE WORLD. I KNOW IT IS MY DESTINY TO DEFEND THE WORLD, WHICH I HOPE TO ACHIEVE DURING MY LIFETIME. DAMILOLA 2000". The words are very poignant. Nearer to the camera is a memorial to Damilola's mother who died nine years later.
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