Monument

Edith S. Kerrison

Erection date: 1936

Inscription

{At the top on either side of the portrait roundel:}
Edith S. Kerrison

{Top right in the roundel:}
1850 - 1934

{Bottom right, on the lower frame of the bronze:}
Christine Gregory, 1936

{Incised in the main stone body of the monument:}
Erected by many friends in memory of a life of service to others.

{The upper stone back of the monument has an incised inscription which is now badly weather-beaten:}
She served the county borough of West Ham {5 illegible lines} was made honorary freeman in 1936.

Unveiled by Will Thorne MP, as part of the week-long celebrations of the jubilee of the incorporation of the Borough of West Ham.

Site: Kerrison and Grove Gardens (2 memorials)

E15, The Grove

The low stone stand holding the plaque has been added to the foot of the Kerrison monument, rather ruining its clean, Art Deco, lines.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Edith S. Kerrison

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Edith S. Kerrison

The first woman to serve on the West Ham council and an advocate of welfare f...

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Christine Gregory

Sculptor.  Born St Pancras.  First woman sculptor of the Royal British Societ...

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