The Docwra family memorial gateway
We can't find any information explaining these gates but they were probably part of the 1958 post-war rebuild of the church and cloisters.
EC1, St John's Square, Church of the Priory of St John of Jerusalem
Gate-building seems to run in the family: in 1504 Sir Thomas Docwra rebuilt the nearby St John's Gate.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Docwra memorial gates
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