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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...
We are not convinced that basing the design of this memorial on the painting Gassed is totally successful. Compare this memorial with th...
Note the charming seahorse design at the bottom of the railings. London Details have some more information about this memorial.
On site we thought there were only 2 inscriptions but IWM gives the text of 3. It seems likely that the 4th face also carried text origin...
There is another memorial in Sandilands.
The (rather creepy) Biblical quotation is from the King James Version: John 5, 28-29.
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