# Lest We Forget, a plaque of Lyttelton A plaque of the city, standing at Lyttelton Cemetery in Lyttelton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > LEST WE FORGET The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. - The ground: [Lyttelton Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-67), the facility it stands on - The suburb: [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton) - The year the register carries: 2008 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080109/00378/R0010198.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming Lest We Forget](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Lest%20We%20Forget) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Lest%20We%20Forget) - [Lyttelton Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-67), the ground’s own page - [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), the suburb it stands in A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts. ## The ground under it - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōhinehou - [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Cemetery)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPC - [The rockfall survey counts 54 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 13 came down · 4 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 29 June 2011 · ~450 m from the pin · 380 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.60184&lon=172.72554&radius=250 ## Around it - [Urumau Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1416-urumau-reserve), regional park · under 150 m - [Oxford Street Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1159-oxford-street-reserve), botanic park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · ~900 m - [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-187-sumner), track · 1.5 km - [Erected in Grateful Memory of Charles Hazlitt Upham Mrcs](https://www.chch.live/plaque/576-oxford-street-reserve), plaque · ~150 m - [Lyttelton Gaol on This Site Stood the Infamous Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/plaque/619-oxford-street-reserve), plaque · ~200 m - [Opened 1928 F. E. Sutton Mayor](https://www.chch.live/plaque/618-oxford-street-reserve), plaque · ~200 m - [These Gates Were Erected in Memory of Dr. E. H. Gilmour](https://www.chch.live/plaque/611-sumner-road-gardens), plaque · ~250 m ## The reports nearby 877 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9075414), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9063671), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9052353), [26E Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26e-oxford-street) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9032668), [26E Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26e-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8950170), [34 St Davids St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/34-st-davids-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8918219), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8918200), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8859230), [65 Reserve Terrace, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/65-reserve-terrace) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8820148), [77 Reserve Terrace, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/77-reserve-terrace) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8813137), [26 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8802390), [40 Reserve Tce, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/40-reserve-terrace) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8800311), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Lyttelton Cemetery in [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. **What does it say?** The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2008. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- Christchurch City Council open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean. The pin is the record’s position. The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/520-lyttelton-cemetery