{On three marble slabs attached to the base of the cross:}
To the honoured memory of those employees of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington who made the supreme sacrifice during two world wars, 1914 - 1918 and 1939 - 1945.
E8, Mare Street, Hackney Town Hall
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Hackney Town Hall Cross
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hackney Town Hall Cross
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1914 - 1919 To the glory of God and in grateful memory of the men who, by God...
