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...
14 April 2012 this garden reopened after 6 months of restoration. The church's website gives some of the history of the church.
In the inscription "they gave their lives" is given as a quotation but its source is not obvious. When we visited, in addition to a few ...
Our photo shows the relief at the front representing the military operations. The relief on the back shows civilian workers distributing ...
The cherubs hold theatrical masks. Musical instruments adorn the outer pillars. The inner pilasters are surmounted with the set-square ...
The motivating force behind this memorial, the first to the tragedy, erected 38 years after the event, was historian and writer Richard J...
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