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.
The inscription is on a window and consequently is very difficult to photograph.
Brought to our attention by Londonist, the weather vane atop Liberty's represents the Mayflower. Arthur Lasenby Liberty (1843 - 1917) op...
The red fox was the insignia of the Fifth Army.
Lydia Lopokova, as Terpsichore the muse of dance and choral poetry, leaves a lyre resting against her side to hold a squirrel aloft.
This building was erected in the 1930s. Actor Angela Lansbury contributed to the 2008 restoration of the clock.
Wife of Carlos Castello Branco. For lack of any alternative we has given her her husband's surname.
Member of the Joint Co-ordinating Committee in 1982 for opening Tower Bridge to the public.
Artist. Grant Waters has a review of his art which was not known to us before. A number of his London scenes are available on-line. Charles Maresco Pearce was born on 11 June 1874 in South Kensing...
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