Remember
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...
Designed by Thomas Archer this church was built in 1728, one of the Queen Anne churches. The church yard was designed by Fanny Wilkinson....
The quotation "Greater love ... his friends." is from the biblical book of John 15.13. But we cannot find any source for the quotation "O...
The 113 names are grouped by the location/date of the bomb: 88 people ("also 9 persons unidentified" at Coronation Avenue on 13 October 1...
"... and of whom those whose names ..." - we just don't write English like that any more, thank heavens.
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