Plaque | War served | WW1

Geoffrey Woolley - E2

Inscription

Geoffrey Woolley House
This block was built in 2013 by Tower Hamlets Community Housing and named after Geoffrey Woolley VC, OBE, MC, (1892-1968) who was born in Bethnal Green and was the first Territorial Army officer to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his most conspicuous bravery on "Hill 60", near Ypres in Belgium, during the night of 20th - 21st April 1915.
Tower Hamlets Community Housing THCH

Site: Geoffrey Woolley - E2 (1 memorial)

E2, Pollard Street, Geoffrey Woolley House

Another Tower Hamlets plaque to the left of this one reads "Geoffrey Woolley House was officially opened by Tommy Walsh, Wednesday 20th February 2013. Roger Booth - Chair; Michael Tyrrell - Chief Executive".

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Geoffrey Woolley - E2

Subjects commemorated i

Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Woolley, VC

Born St Peter’s Vicarage in Bethnal Green, as Geoffrey Harold Woolley, the vi...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Geoffrey Woolley - E2

Created by i

Tower Hamlets Community Housing Ltd

THCH is a charitable housing provider managing over 3,000 homes exclusively i...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Edward Dannreuther

Edward Dannreuther

W2, Orme Square, 12

Edward Dannreuther, musician, 1844 - 1905, lived here 1873 - 1894. Host to Richard Wagner for 5 weeks in 1877. City of Westminster

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Frank Jeffery

Frank Jeffery

SE25, South Norwood Hill, 12

The portrait medallions are on the right hand flank wall, on Cumberlow Avenue. Reading left to right: W. F. R. Stanley; Mrs W. F. Stanley...

1 subject commemorated
Bernard Cassidy VC

Bernard Cassidy VC

E6, High Street South, East Ham Central Park

The Victoria Cross plaques are located on the grass by the memorial. and can be seen in the bottom right of our photograph. Regarding Ce...

War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
St Peters Church - W11

St Peters Church - W11

W11, Kensington Park Road

St Peter's Church - One of the last churches built for the Church of England in the Victorian classical style. The architect was Thomas A...

2 subjects commemorated
King George's Field - N7 - Arundel Square
1 subject commemorated, 1 creator