WW1 obelisk - E8
E8, Haggerston Road, Stonebridge Common, Duke of Wellington pub
We found the inscription text at IWM. It's from a report of the unveiling in the Hackney and Kingsland Gazette 23 February 1921.
We found the inscription text at IWM. It's from a report of the unveiling in the Hackney and Kingsland Gazette 23 February 1921.
The inscription is badly deteriorated, so we have copied the inscription from the Historic England website.
The Biblical quote is from Job 29:11. Water was supplied to the basins on the north and south faces by these unusual spouts. At the cent...
This is a substantial monument, often described, understandably, as a cenotaph. Designed by the architect/local politician Banks-Martin. ...
The Lewisham War Memorials website says that the inscription on the main memorial reads: 'To the memory of Lewisham heroes 1914 - 1918 an...
We knew that the obelisk now at St George's Circus spent much of its life in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, from about 1897 - 1998, and ...
The numbers of passengers and victims differ from most other sources. Source of biblical quotations: Resurrection - John 11:17-44 New Ki...
The language on the panels becomes increasingly convoluted and some of the abbreviations and Latin require clarification. Panel 1 - We b...
2016: We took a close-up photo of the most legible corner - the rest is just gray mottled lettering on gray mottled marble - to show why ...
{On the front face of the plinth:} To the glory of God Erected by the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the 61st Battery Roy...