Thomas Cribb was a bare-knuckle boxer in the 1800's. There is nothing particularly interesting about his life or death but what is interesting is the monument upon his grave. Upon his death in 1848 Cribb was buried in the churchyard of St, Mary's and St. Andrews church in Woolwich. A local 'legend' of that area is that his grave was originally just a stone block, but one night the majestic lion monument that stands to this day was erected, but no one knows who put it there. The grave stands alone under the cover of trees behind the old Odeon Cinema, a line of indistinguishable and undatable grave markers lean against the wall behind it.
Whilst looking into the facts of this story I have discovers that the monument was paid for by a subscription but there is no mention of how or when it arrived.
There is not a lot of information about Cribb's grave, but here is the limited amount that I did manage to track down.http://www.wardsbookofdays.com/11may.htm
Much like an angel in Charlton Cemetery she had a mark over one of her eyes produced by weather over time.
I have been unable to find out any significant features about her or her life other than she ran factories that produced brass musical instruments.
One of the first graves as you enter the East side of the cemetery belongs to Anna Mahler, a sculpture. The memorial on her grave is a copy of one of her own sculptures which gives it a great sense of uniqueness. 
Another grave close to the entrance is of Douglas Adams, writer of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. The memorial in itself is very plain but what maked it interesting is the small toys that have been left by fans on top of the stone.
Despite still being a working cemetery with many modern graves the cemetery was unused for such a long time that there are still many graves that are enshrouded with ivy and other plant life, there are also many narrow winding paths crisscrossing the cemetery but these are so overgrown that you are unable to walk down them.
