Croydon war memorial

Croydon war memorial

CR9, Katharine Street, Clock Tower

To the left of the monument is a sculpture of a wounded soldier and to the right, a woman clutching a child and variously identified as h...

3 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Sivas martyrs

Sivas martyrs

N16, Stoke Newington Common

This area has a large Turkish community. From Architectural Memorialization at Turkey’s › Witness Sites ‹: The Case of the Madimak Hotel...

37 subjects commemorated
HMS Albion disaster

HMS Albion disaster

E13, Grange Road, East London Cemetery

28 victims are buried here; another 6-11 victims (numbers differ between sources) were buried elsewhere. Of these 28, 12 were children (b...

29 subjects commemorated
Camberwell WW1 victims - Chumleigh Gardens

Camberwell WW1 victims - Chumleigh Gardens

SE5, Burgess Park, Chumleigh Gardens

This memorial commemorates all 22 Camberwell citizens killed in WW1. We don't know when it was unveiled but think it may be the response ...

4 subjects commemorated
Brentford Monument

Brentford Monument

TW8, High Street Brentford, County Court

Brentford High Street have carried out some magnificent research on Brentford Local Board members and Councillors. That page contains a l...

11 subjects commemorated, 19 creators
Westminster School - old boys fallen in Crimean War & Indian Rebellion

Westminster School - old boys fallen in Crimean War & Indian Rebellion

SW1, Broad Sanctuary

The inscription was written by the Rev. T. W. Weare, Under-Master of Westminster 1841-1861. Our information comes from Westminster Abbey...

War dead | Other war
22 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Willesden bus garage WW1 memorial

Willesden bus garage WW1 memorial

NW10, Willesden High Road, Metroline

"No greater honour..etc." is surely a quotation but we cannot source it.

War dead | WW1
56 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Stoke Newington - civilian war memorial

Stoke Newington - civilian war memorial

N16, Abney Park Cemetery

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...

Civilian war dead | WW2
115 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
St Nicholas war memorial

St Nicholas war memorial

W4, Church Street, St Nicholas church

The "grant them...." phrase comes from a Roman Catholic prayer.

2 subjects commemorated
St Matthias Stoke Newington war memorial - cross

St Matthias Stoke Newington war memorial - cross

N16, Wordsworth Road, St Matthias Church

This cross is "the crucifix in the church enclosure" referenced by the heading on the plaque attached to the church. The stone plinth is ...

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