Erection date: 1917
{On the front of the pedestal:}
Lest we forget
{On the back of the pedestal:}
To the greater glory of God and in loving memory of our brothers who died for England, home and duty in the Great War, 1914.
Unusually this memorial was erected before the end of the war. There may be more but the only other one we know of is at St Botolphs.
N1, Penton Street, St Silas Church
The church website has a page on this memorial.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Silas cross
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Silas cross
Sculptor and painter. Born Hackney. Other work in London: Heston war memorial.
This site has evolved over the years from flowers place around the tree to become the shrine that it is today. The steps were probably i...
This t-shirt is just one of the many messages left here, at this street memorial, for John.
The memorial stone slab forms part of the floor of this crucifixion shrine. The eaves bear the date "2000" and the floor does not seem...
This gate leads into a much overgrown graveyard which contains a modern information board: "St Leonard’s Priory was founded in the 11th ...
