To the memory of those members of the staff of the proprietors of Hay's Wharf who lost their lives in two great wars, MCMXIV - MCMXVIII, MCMXXXIX - MCMXLV. {1914 - 1918, 1939 - 1945}
SE1, Queen's Walk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hay's Wharf war memorial
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
The land between Tooley Street and the Thames has been occupied by wharves an...
A beautiful, hand-crafted plaque - not just the frame, the gold lettering has some lovely touches - see the "LO" of "glory" and the way t...
Easy to miss, this plaque can be seen in our photo, framed by the bus stop shelter. Surely a few yards to the left would have been a bett...
This is really an information board rather than a plaque and has a number of pictures with captions. We have transcribed the main body o...
The plaque gives Cook's address as 126 Upper Shadwell. Horward's 1799 map gives house numbers, and 126 Upper Shadwell was on the north s...
May 2016: The Islington Tribute reports that the plaque has been replaced, 27 May, with one giving the correct date of habitation (1944-7...
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