Battle of Lewisham

The Battle of Lewisham took place on 13 August 1977, when 500 members of the far-right National Front (NF) attempted to march from New Cross to Lewisham in southeast London but were met by various counter-demonstrations of approximately 4,000 people that led to violent clashes between the two groups and between the anti-NF demonstrators and police. 5,000 police officers were present, and 56 officers were injured, 11 of whom were hospitalised. In total, 214 people were arrested. Later disturbances in Lewisham town centre saw the first use of police riot shields on the UK mainland.

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battle, British National Front, United Kingdom, 

HMS Belfast, HMS President, HMS Stalker, HMS Wellington, 

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1977 Battle of Lewisham

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43 Battle of the Thames

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60 Battle of Londinium

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296 Battle of Londinium

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457 Battle of Crayford

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776 Battle of Otford

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1016 Battle of Brentford

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1016 Cnut the Great's invasion of England

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1326 Capture of London

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1414 Oldcastle Revolt

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1460 Siege of the Tower of London

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1471 Battle of Barnet

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1471 Siege of London (1471)

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1642 Battle of Brentford

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1642 Battle of Turnham Green

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1911 Siege of Sidney Street

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1940 — 1941 The Blitz

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1940 Battle of Britain Day

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1940 Second Great Fire of London

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1980 Iranian Embassy siege

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Frameless

V for victory, bloodied but unbowed.

Police and demonstraters clash at the southern end of Lewisham High Street (junction with Belmont Hill)

LEFT IMAGE:Looking on outside a pub, still open late 2024. Take courage! The pub gave its name to the area. RIGHT IMAGE:Judged purely by facial expressions, appears to show a policeman guiding a resident (?) to safety.

The ultra right-wing National Front march through Lewisham and New Cross (London) on 13 August 1977

Left wing speaker with hammer & sickle badge - probably associated with the Anti Racist/Anti-Fascist Co-ordinating Committee (ARAFCC), the London-wide Federation of Anti-Racist/Anti-Fascist Committees, which included Communist Party members.

LEFT IMAGE:Looking on outside a pub, still open late 2024. Take courage! The pub gave its name to the area. RIGHT IMAGE:Judged purely by facial expressions, appears to show a policeman guiding a resident (?) to safety.

The ultra right-wing National Front march through Lewisham and New Cross (London) on 13 August 1977

TOP IMAGE:Police tackle a demonstrator. BOTTOM IMAGE:The thin blue line.

V for victory, bloodied but unbowed.

Police and demonstraters clash at the southern end of Lewisham High Street (junction with Belmont Hill)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	527	Kingdom of Essex		Wikidata
area	region	1649	Commonwealth of England		Wikidata
area	region	1707	Kingdom of Great Britain		Wikidata
area	region	1801	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland		Wikidata
class	group		London Defence Positions	fortification	Wikidata
class	weapon		Mallet's Mortar	siege artillery, mortar	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	43	Battle of the Thames	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	60	Battle of Londinium	Roman Empire, battle, Iceni	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	296	Battle of Londinium	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	457	Battle of Crayford	Saxons, Celtic Britons, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	776	Battle of Otford	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1016	Battle of Brentford	battle, Kingdom of Denmark, Kingdom of England	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1016	Cnut the Great's invasion of England	Denmark, invasion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1326	Capture of London	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1414	Oldcastle Revolt	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1460	Siege of the Tower of London	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1471	Battle of Barnet	House of Lancaster, House of York, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1471	Siege of London (1471)	House of Lancaster, House of York, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1642	Battle of Brentford	battle, Cavalier, Roundhead	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1642	Battle of Turnham Green	Cavalier, Roundhead, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1911	Siege of Sidney Street	siege, police raid	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	The Blitz	United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, aerial bombing of a city	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Battle of Britain Day	battle, United Kingdom, Nazi Germany	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Second Great Fire of London	Nazi Germany, city fire, airstrike	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1977	Battle of Lewisham	British National Front, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1980	Iranian Embassy siege	United Kingdom, siege, Special Air Service, Peter de la Billière, Michael Rose, John McAleese, hostage taking, Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan, John Dellow	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1947	HMS Stalker	tank landing ship, preserved watercraft, Royal Navy	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1816	Royal Small Arms Factory	rifle factory, small arms industry	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1828	Vickers Limited	arms industry, business, enterprise	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1906	Rolls-Royce	arms industry, public company, aerospace industry, business, energy industry	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1915	Fairey Aviation Company	arms industry, business, aircraft industry, enterprise	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1917	National Smelting Company	arms industry, business, metal industry, zinc industry, manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1920	Ultra Electronics	transport, arms industry, public company, business, aerospace industry, energy industry, enterprise	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1927	Vickers-Armstrongs	arms industry, business, metal industry, Manufacture of military fighting vehicles, Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys, building of ships and floating structures, vehicle construction	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1928	Thorn Electrical Industries	arms industry, conglomerate, electrical industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1934	Hawker Siddeley	mechanical engineering, arms industry, aerospace manufacturer, aerospace industry, aircraft construction, manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery, vehicle construction	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1985	Royal Ordnance	organization, arms industry, weapons manufacturing company	Wikidata
organisation	factory		Blackwall Yard	shipyard, shipbuilding	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1512	Woolwich Dockyard	shipyard, shipbuilding	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1800	King and Queen Shipyard	shipyard, shipbuilding	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1856	Westwood, Baillie	shipyard, shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
organisation	military branch	1645	New Model Army	army	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1843	Samuda Brothers	shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company		Millwall Iron Works	holding company, shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company	1837	Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company	automotive industry, automobile manufacturer, shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company	1859	J & W Dudgeon	shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
organisation	War Office	1684	War Office	department of the United Kingdom Government, ministry of War	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Anti Aircraft Site At Tq 48738975	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Avery Hill Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery (ZS7)	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Bostall Heath Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery (ZS4)	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		East Tilbury Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Erith Marshes Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite on Lippitts Hill, 370m north west of Springfield Farm	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Royal Dockyard Gun Emplacements	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Second World War anti-aircraft battery at Bowaters Farm	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS15), 250m east of Cobhambury Farm	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite at Burnt Farm Camp	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Park 20 ARP Bunker	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Ashley Road Deep Shelter	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		Belsize Park deep level shelter	London deep-level shelters	Wikidata
site	bunker		Bexley Emergency Centre	civil defense center, London Borough of Bexley	Wikidata
site	bunker		Boys' Air Raid Shelter at St John’s Primary School, Redhill	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		Camden Borough Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Camden	Wikidata
site	bunker		Camden Town deep level shelter	London deep-level shelters	Wikidata
site	bunker		Carshalton Park Air Raid Shelter	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		Cheam South West London Group Control	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Chislehurst South East London Group Control	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Clapham Common deep level shelter	London deep-level shelters	Wikidata
site	bunker		Clapham North deep level shelter	London deep-level shelters	Wikidata
site	bunker		Clapham South deep level shelter	underground structure, London deep-level shelters, bomb shelter, architectural structure, building	Wikidata
site	bunker		Dagenham Borough Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham	Wikidata
site	bunker		Dagenham WW2 Civil Defence Control Centre	civil defense center, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham	Wikidata
site	bunker		Dartford Emergency Centre	Dartford Borough Council, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		East Ham Borough Control	East Ham, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Edmonton Borough Control Site 1	civil defense center, London Borough of Enfield	Wikidata
site	bunker		Edmonton Borough Control Site 2	civil defense center, London Borough of Enfield	Wikidata
site	bunker		Finchley Borough Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Barnet	Wikidata
site	bunker		Finsbury Borough Control	civil defense center, Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury	Wikidata
site	bunker		Goodge Street deep level shelter	London deep-level shelters	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hackney Air Raid Precaution Centre	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hackney WW2 ARP Control and Post War Borough Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Hackney	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hayes Sub Area Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Hillingdon	Wikidata
site	bunker		Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker	Royal Air Force station, military museum, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		King William Street tube station	underground station, metro station, air-raid shelter, railway station	Wikidata
site	bunker		Lippitts Hill Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Merstham Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	Royal Air Force, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Middlesex County Control	civil defense center, Middlesex County Council	Wikidata
site	bunker		Mill Hill North West London Group Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Enfield, London Borough of Haringey, London Borough of Camden, London Borough of Islington, London Borough of Barnet, City of London, City of Westminster	Wikidata
site	bunker		Northolt Sub Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Ealing	Wikidata
site	bunker		Oxgate Admiralty Citadel	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Paddington Borough Control	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Paddock	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Pear Tree House	apartment building, civil defense center, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London Borough of Lewisham, London Borough of Bromley, London Borough of Bexley, bunker, London Borough of Croydon	Wikidata
site	bunker		Reigate Borough Emergency Centre and Surrey County Standby Emergency Centre	Surrey County Council, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Richmond Borough Emergency Centre	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Southall London North West Group War HQ	civil defense center, London Borough of Ealing	Wikidata
site	bunker		Southwark Borough Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Southwark	Wikidata
site	bunker		St Leonard's Court Air Raid Shelter	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		St Pancras Borough Control	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Stockwell deep level shelter	London deep-level shelters	Wikidata
site	bunker		Stoke Newington Borough Control	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Stoke Newington Borough Control and Hackney Borough Control 2nd Site	civil defense center, London Borough of Hackney	Wikidata
site	bunker		Stratford Newham Borough Council Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Newham	Wikidata
site	bunker		Tottenham Borough Control	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Tower Hamlets Borough Control	civil defense center, London Borough of Tower Hamlets	Wikidata
site	bunker		Upminster Report Centre	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Walton on Thames Sub Control	civil defense center, Elmbridge Borough Council	Wikidata
site	bunker		Woolwich Sub Control	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker	1938	One Tree Hill Air Raid Shelter	destroyed building or structure, air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker	1938	St Leonard's Court	revenue house, air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker	1941	Coulsdon Deep Shelter	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker	1954	Gravesend Cold War Bunker	military museum, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1954	Greenwich Borough Control Bunker 51C1	civil defense center, Royal Borough of Greenwich	Wikidata
site	bunker	1984	Churchill War Rooms	national museum, biographical museum, architectural structure, military museum, bunker	Wikidata
site	castle		Eynsford Castle	English Heritage, archaeological site, castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Lullingstone Castle	historic house museum, English country house, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1066	Tower of London	independent museum, archaeological site, tourist attraction, museum, castle	Wikidata
site	fort		New Tavern Fort	military museum, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1539	Tilbury Fort	military museum, fort, English Heritage	Wikidata
site	fort	1890	Alderstead Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1890	Fort Farningham	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1890	Pilgrim Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1890	Woldingham Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1895	Fort Halstead	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1898	Reigate Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	military base		Deptford Dockyard	shipbuilding, Royal Navy Dockyard, former entity	Wikidata
site	museum		HMS Wellington	preserved watercraft, sloop-of-war, museum ship, Royal Navy, tripadvisor	Wikidata
site	museum		Household Cavalry Museum	independent museum, regimental museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Quebec House	National Trust, military museum, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Royal Air Force Museum	non-departmental public body, military museum, museum	Wikidata
site	museum		The Golden Hinde	ship replica, museum ship, galleon, tripadvisor	Wikidata
site	museum		Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills	military museum, charitable organization	Wikidata
site	museum		Winston Churchill's Britain At War Experience	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1671	Royal Arsenal	military museum, arsenal	Wikidata
site	museum	1682	Royal Hospital Chelsea	military museum, hospital	Wikidata
site	museum	1917	Imperial War Museum London	military museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1918	HMS President	preserved watercraft, sloop-of-war, museum ship, Royal Navy, tripadvisor	Wikidata
site	museum	1937	National Maritime Museum	national museum, military museum, maritime museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1939	HMS Belfast	national museum, Imperial War Museums, preserved watercraft, light cruiser, museum ship, Royal Navy, tripadvisor	Wikidata
site	museum	1945	Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1960	National Army Museum	national museum, architectural structure, non-departmental public body, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1972	RAF Museum London	aviation museum, military museum, tourist attraction, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1978	Shoreham Aircraft Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1988	The Guards Museum	independent museum, regimental museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre	heritage center, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Jewish Military Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2019	Biggin Hill Memorial Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	tower		White Tower	keep	Wikidata
commons	image		V for victory, bloodied but unbowed.		Commons
commons	image		Police and demonstraters clash at the southern end of Lewisham High Street (junction with Belmont Hill)		Commons
commons	image		LEFT IMAGE:Looking on outside a pub, still open late 2024. Take courage! The pub gave its name to the area. RIGHT IMAGE:Judged purely by facial expressions, appears to show a policeman guiding a resident (?) to safety.		Commons
commons	image		The ultra right-wing National Front march through Lewisham and New Cross (London) on 13 August 1977		Commons
commons	image		Left wing speaker with hammer & sickle badge - probably associated with the Anti Racist/Anti-Fascist Co-ordinating Committee (ARAFCC), the London-wide Federation of Anti-Racist/Anti-Fascist Committees, which included Communist Party members.		Commons
commons	image		LEFT IMAGE:Looking on outside a pub, still open late 2024. Take courage! The pub gave its name to the area. RIGHT IMAGE:Judged purely by facial expressions, appears to show a policeman guiding a resident (?) to safety.		Commons
commons	image		The ultra right-wing National Front march through Lewisham and New Cross (London) on 13 August 1977		Commons
commons	image		TOP IMAGE:Police tackle a demonstrator. BOTTOM IMAGE:The thin blue line.		Commons
commons	image		V for victory, bloodied but unbowed.		Commons
commons	image		Police and demonstraters clash at the southern end of Lewisham High Street (junction with Belmont Hill)		Commons