Shacklewell WW1 memorial
E8, Shacklewell Lane
The carving on the south face has a peculiarity which we think must be an error. It's normal for all the lettering to be in caps with som...
108 subjects commemorated
The carving on the south face has a peculiarity which we think must be an error. It's normal for all the lettering to be in caps with som...
We recognised this as a flat version of the monument at the Royal Exchange and were pleased to find an explanation of how it came to be, ...
Transcribing the names was very difficult and there are probably errors, particularly in the L - P range. This was in addition to the usu...
Roll of Honour has a photo of the parish WW1 memorial that used to be inside the church: "Unfortunately the memorial was destroyed when t...
From the typefaces one can tell that the two inscriptions were done at different times, and the WW2 dates don't look squeezed in. From t...
The lowest element of this memorial ("Eton Manor will always....") projects from the wall and is somewhat reminiscent of a sarcophagus. W...
Statues flank this central panel. The bases of both are inscribed: Albert Toft, Sc. 1921. One is a winged angel writing in an open book (...
Between the two lit sections is a bronze wreath with a large V made of a tasselled ribbon draped across the centre - all in bronze. It is...
"Grief has no boundaries" is a quotation from a poem by Rohit Sapra. The information board defines the scope for this memorial: "people ...
The quotation comes from Binyon's 1914 poem, ‘For the Fallen’. The memorial must have been renovated in 2010.