Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Hackney
- Town
- Hackney Downs
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 11887
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Current location
Hackney Downs School (Formerly Grocers Company School)
Downs Park Road
Hackney Downs
Hackney
Greater London
E5 8JY
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 34460 85420
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- FLANKED BY PILLARS IN RELIEF WREATH AND "PRO PATRIA" ABOVE TEXT
- Inscription
- THIS ROLL OF HONOUR/ IS PLACED UPON THE/ WALLS OF THE SCHOOL/ TO RECORD THE NAMES / OF THOSE OLD BOYS WHO/ AT THE CALL OF KING/ AND COUNTRY WENT/ FORTH TO THEIR DUTY/ AND LAID DOWN THEIR/ OWN LIVES THAT THE/ LIVES AND LIBERTIES OF/ THOSE DEAR TO THEM/ MIGHT BE MADE SECURE/ 1914 - 1918/ IN PERPETUA FRATER/ AVE ATQUE VALE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Albury, E A C
Allen, C R
Allen, W S
Baggs, H E
Balls, J W
Barnes, S L
Barton, A R
Behm, E J A
Bennett, F M
Benson, W R G
See details for all 98 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 98
Served and returned: 0
Died: 98
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Roll of Honour: www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/17094170/world-war-i-roll-of-honour-the-clove-club-hackney-downs-school - Published 2013 by The Clove Club. Accessed 15 June 2022.
- Other website www.cloveclub.com/ - Defunct on 15 June 2022.
- States that 110 boys died out of 600 on the Roll of Honour. (This is probably the one researched by the Clove Club in 2013).
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