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...
The statue is named 'Victory'. While the form of the monument is very different, the inscription is extremely similar to that on the Edmo...
Possibly the granite trough added to the foot is intended to hold wreaths etc. The only name out of sequence is T. Warman, which is at t...
2015: We read that the cross is being refurbished. 13 or 14 of these names are also on the nearby Highgate Camp memorial. Two of the na...
The statue represents winged Victory on orb, lightly draped and holding a laurel wreath in extended left hand. There are bronze crossed l...
"Grief has no boundaries" is a quotation from a poem by Rohit Sapra. The information board defines the scope for this memorial: "people ...
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