Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of London
- Town
- City of London
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: C July 1920
Attended by: LORD MAYOR OF LONDON
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 11790
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Current location
Near Great Eastern Railway memorial (reference 11787)
Liverpool Street Railway Station
Liverpool Street
City of London
City Of London
Greater London
EC2M 7QH
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 33213 81726
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- The site
described as on the facade of the offices of the Great Eastern Railway Company
was'.. chosen as being for most travellers from London the "Gateway to East Anglia."' -'The Times' 14 April 1920 p.11
Great Eastern Hotel
City Of London
Greater London
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- The site
- Description
- Ornate stone tablet. oval centre with inscription, laurel around edge at top with woman's head surrmounted by the Arms th the four counties with the flag of the Society at the apex.
- Inscription
- THIS MEMORIAL/ TO THE MEN OF/ NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, ESSEX/ AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ IS ERECTED BY/ THE LONDON SOCIETY/ OF/ EAST ANGLIANS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Black - Tablet
Measurements: depth 100mm, height 1750mm, width 1000mm
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Backboard
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Costs
Memorial: £400
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- RAILTRACK
- Reference
- AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN: BRITISH FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS by BOORMAN, DEREK pp.26-27 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:SESSIONS 1988 YORK
- The History of the Suffolk Regiment 1914-1927 by Lt Col C C R Murphy p.349 Published:Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd 1928 London EC4 Quotation from Lord Mayor's speech at unveiling.
- The Times 14 Ap. 1920 p.11; 20 July 1920 p.9. 14 April: description of proposed memorial and appeal for funds. 20 July: the memorial ' ...will shortly be unveiled by the Lord Mayor'
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