Remember
A large crucifix is quite common in the forecourt of a church. This one, planted in a pile of stones, a cairn, reminds us of one in Highgate that specifically references WW1 which suggests that this taciturn memorial is also for WW1.
E2, Cambridge Heath Road, St John on Bethnal Green
This church was designed by Sir John Soane, 1826-8.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St John on Bethnal Green war memorial
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
The lowest element of this memorial ("Eton Manor will always....") projects from the wall and is somewhat reminiscent of a sarcophagus. W...
We thank Ross Corben for the street photo and precise location and London Cyclist for our close-up pic.
The cross is granite and is planted in a cairn of granite boulders, many of which have a flat section carved out and a name spelt out in ...
Three of the non-British victims are given as "unknown" at "u" in the alphabetic list . This seems rather crass. It would have been mor...
The memorial was designed by Hermon Cawthra RA and unveiled in 1934. It is grade II listed. A City of Westminster information plaque on ...
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg was born on 31 May 1927, the youngest of the three children of Gerald Arthur Clifford Sandberg (1882-1954) and Ethel Marian Cli...
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