Erection date: 2018
{On the plaque, below the Maltese cross emblem:}
The conservation of the sculpture of the Crucifixion has been made possible through a generous donation from Roy and Eva Strasburger in honour of Christopher John Turner CBE and Irene Philomena de Souza Turner. 2018
The crucifixion sculpture was created by Cecil Thomas and installed as part of the post war reconstruction (1955-8).
A square carved panel has been placed at each of the four points of the cross: the panel at the feet looks freshly carved and depicts an eagle's head and talons; at the left hand the panel is very weatherworn and depicts a bull's head; the right hand panel is almost equally distressed and shows a lion's head; the panel at the top, looking neither new nor old, depicts an angel's head. Each of these sculptured heads is shown above a book, all closed except on the top panel where the angel has the book open and is reading. Could it be that the book represents the bible and that we should emulate the angel, not the dumb animals?
Site: St John's Cloister Garden of Remembrance (9 memorials)
EC1, St John's Square, St John's Cloister Garden
The cloister garden is accessed through the gates in the building on St John Square. Free to visit and open most days. The garden was first established in the post war reconstruction, the Blitz having removed some buildings which had been on the site.
Most of the memorials are in the cloister (seen in our photo) on the eastern boundary wall of the garden. Walking this from north to south you will see: St John Ambulance Brigade; St John Ambulance Association WW1 and WW2; Interred; Centenary; Joint Committee; Cannonball and Priory Church.
The Crucifixion plaque is low on the external wall of the cloister. The 1907 Repairs plaque is on the garden's north boundary wall (the church's south wall).
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