{On three marble slabs attached to the base of the cross:}
To the honoured memory of those employees of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington who made the supreme sacrifice during two world wars, 1914 - 1918 and 1939 - 1945.
E8, Mare Street, Hackney Town Hall
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hackney Town Hall Cross
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hackney Town Hall Cross
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
The statue and the reliefs are by Jones with Jackson responsible for the architectural elements. We found the quality of the work on the...
The photograph is taken from the central courtyard facing north.
Caroline's Miscellany has an excellent post on Mydiddee. Â We hope she won't mind if we quote her: "Bligh paid for Mydiddee's funeral and ...
In our photo the foundation stone can be seen behind the railings, below the left-hand ground floor window. This 1906 building was the H...
This text is on the north-west face of the stone base to the cross. There was text on at least one other side of the stone but the weath...
