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...
Shame about the nose. On the platform at the unveiling ceremony Brock was made Knight Commander of the Bath.
The shield (showing the Port of London seal) above the text is surmounted by a galleon and supported on either side by gryphon-type creat...
This is a multi-part monument: with four elements, spread over two sites, This northern one and the southern one. At each site there are...
A building had been here, about where this monument is, since before 1430. It became the vicarage but its large garden was much reduced b...
