Rotherhithe war memorial
SE16, St Marychurch Street, St Mary the Virgin Church
The Rotherhithe people were prescient or just lucky. The way they had worded the text for their WW1 memorial meant that all they had to ...
2 subjects commemorated
St John on Bethnal Green war memorial
E2, Cambridge Heath Road, St John on Bethnal Green
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 High...
1 subject commemorated
4 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Bethnal Green Library war memorial
E2, Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green Library
On our first visit there was no plaque, but the 'ghost' marks on the plinth suggest that there was an original central plaque (WW1) with ...
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Barnet war memorial
EN5, Wood Street
The instruction "See that ye conquer by living as we have conquered by dying" sounds like a quote but we can't locate it. The WW1 names ...
War dead | WW1, WW2
427 subjects commemorated
427 subjects commemorated
Stone Bomb Anti-war Monument
IG8, High Road
Airplanes were used in WW1 but there was strong opposition to aerial bombing. The British argued in favour, needing to use the tactic on ...
1 subject commemorated,
6 creators
Australian War Memorial
SW1, Grosvenor Place, Hyde Park Corner
Green Western Australian granite, with polished slabs forming a curved wall carved all over with the 24,000 names of the hometowns of the...
3 subjects commemorated,
6 creators
Victoria Station - war memorial - east
SW1, Victoria Station
The names are grouped by department: General Office, Coaching Department, Good Department, Engineers Department, Outdoor Locomotive Depar...
War dead | WW1
561 subjects commemorated
561 subjects commemorated
Victoria Station - war memorial - west
SW1, Victoria Station
"... and of whom those whose names ..." - we just don't write English like that any more, thank heavens.
War dead | WW1
535 subjects commemorated
535 subjects commemorated
Kennington Park air-raid
SE11, Kennington Park Road, Kennington Park
The Friends say "The air raid shelters were actually on the south field of the park, not under the sunken garden" and some say that in Go...
5 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
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