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A large crucifix is quite common in the forecourt of a church. This one, planted in a pile of stones, a cairn, reminds us of one in Highgate that specifically references WW1 which suggests that this taciturn memorial is also for WW1.
E2, Cambridge Heath Road, St John on Bethnal Green
This church was designed by Sir John Soane, 1826-8.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St John on Bethnal Green war memorial
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Ao. Di. instead of A.D. is very unusual. Fecit is Latin: 'he made it'.
The Cynthia Jarrett memorial is beneath the ground floor windows on the far right of the photograph. The Bernie Grant plaque is to the ...
This was originally brought to our attention over a year ago by London Reconnections and they have just posted a much more detailed histo...
Here fell Patrick Dunne 20th October 1993. {Below is the badge of the Metropolitan Police.}
