Plaque

Hackney Almshouses for Disabled Soldiers & Sailors

Inscription

{The symbol at the top of the main plaque has at the centre a lovely enamelled tower shown against green fields and a blue sky, with a Latin motto:}
Justitia Turris Nostra {Justice is our Tower} 1900.

1914  1918
Disabled Soldiers & Sailors (Hackney) Foundation

{On the lower plaque:}
This scheme was initiated and carried out by George Francis James MacLeod and Sir Louis Stanley Johnson, MP, JP.

The tower in the symbol looks to us a lot like Hackney's St Augustine's tower. Since the Foundation did not come into being until 1916 we cannot explain the "1900". 

These plaques, especially the larger one, show a remarkable disdain for the normal rules applying to the distribution of space between words.

Site: Hackney Almshouses for Disabled Soldiers & Sailors (4 memorials)

E5, Wattisfield Road

Designed by architects Gunton and Gunton and opened in 1923. These alsmhouses consist of a row of six cottages with a pair of semi-detached houses at each end, providing homes for 10 disabled married ex-servicemen and their families.

These almshouses are mentioned on the St Johns Hackney war memorial

Each house has a large brass plaque proudly naming it. Reading from south to north: Hackney Tradesmen's Cottage, H&SN Chamber of Commerce Cottage, Clarnico Cottage, Tom & May Patchett Cottage, Liverpool Victoria Cottage, Courage Cottage, Sacrifice Cottage, Peace Cottage, Gilbert Cottage, Empress Cottage. Such a variety.  Possibly some are named for donors. 

On the day we visited the garden was looking rather sorry for itself, as was the flag.  

The Wilson plaque is on the road-facing elevation of Hackney Tradesmen's Cottage.

The Platinum plaque is laid into the south-east quadrant lawn of the central garden.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hackney Almshouses for Disabled Soldiers & Sailors

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World War 1

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Sir Louis Stanley Johnson

Solicitor and Conservative Party politician. Member of Hackney Council. Mayor...

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George F. J. MacLeod

George Francis James MacLeod. Manager of the Hackney Empire. Born in Chorlton...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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Disabled Soldiers & Sailors (Hackney) Foundation

Also known as War Seal (Hackney) Foundation, this scheme was inspired by Sir ...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Hackney Almshouses for Disabled Soldiers & Sailors

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Queen's Platinum Jubilee

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William Grainger Wilson

William Grainger Wilson

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