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...
Unveiled by the Queen. The Canadian Memorial Foundation website has a colourful photo of the ceremony. The two parts of the memorial symb...
Walker sculpted the statue, Baker designed the plinth. Unveiled by Baldwin. August 2018: There is talk of this statue being moved, possi...
The names are grouped by department: General Office, Coaching Department, Good Department, Engineers Department, Outdoor Locomotive Depar...
Here fell P.C. Stephen Tibble, 26th February 1975. {Below is the badge of the Metropolitan Police.}
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...
Randal William MacDonnell, 6th Earl. He had no sons so King George III recreated the Earlship (resetting the numbering) so that his daughters could inherit and pass on the title until a male heir ...
F.R.S. "the father of English clockmaking". Buried in Westminster Abbey.
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