Monument

Hackney Town Hall Cross

Hackney Town Hall Cross Hackney Town Hall Cross
Inscription

{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.

Site: Hackney Town Hall Cross (1 memorial)

E8, Mare Street, Hackney Town Hall

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hackney Town Hall Cross

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World War 2

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World War 1

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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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Hackney Council

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