Plaque

St John Ambulance Association WW1 and WW2

Erection date: 1958

Inscription

This cloister and garden commemorate the members of the Order of St John and of the St John Ambulance Association and Brigade who gave their lives in the service of their country 1914 - 1918 and 1939 - 1945.

Site: St John's Cloister Garden of Remembrance (9 memorials)

EC1, St John's Square, St John's Cloister Garden

The cloister garden is accessed through the gates in the building on St John Square. Free to visit and open most days. The garden was first established in the post war reconstruction, the Blitz having removed some buildings which had been on the site.

Most of the memorials are in the cloister (seen in our photo) on the eastern boundary wall of the garden. Walking this from north to south you will see: St John Ambulance Brigade; St John Ambulance Association WW1 and WW2; Interred; Centenary; Joint Committee; Cannonball and Priory Church.

The Crucifixion plaque is low on the external wall of the cloister. The 1907 Repairs plaque is on the garden's north boundary wall (the church's south wall).

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St John Ambulance Association WW1 and WW2

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World War 1

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Cannonball and Priory Church

Cannonball and Priory Church

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Crucifixion

Crucifixion

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Joint Committee Chairmen

Joint Committee Chairmen

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Order of St John - interred here

Order of St John - interred here

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Organ donors

Organ donors

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