Poplar And Stepney Sick Asylum

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Tower Hamlets
Town: Bow
County: Greater London
Country: England
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 12595

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Current location

St Andrews Hospital
Devons Rd
Bow
Tower Hamlets
Greater London
E3 3PU
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 37804 82412
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

nowy-headed white marble tablet with, at top, a shield bearing the Cross of St George within a wreath. At each side of the wreath a ribbon bearing the title of the Asylum. Below, the inscription and names. In a black marble frame and all set on a grey marble frame.

Inscription

POPLAR & STEPNEY SICK ASYLUM/ TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS OF THIS INSTITUTION WHO LOST/ THEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING WITH THE IMPERIAL/ FORCES DURING THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1919/ (Names) / DULE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Clark, Nellie
Frost, Herbert Charles
Hatley, Frank
Hetterby, Helen Charlotte
Kynaston, Albert Evelyn Fairfax
Spring, William
Sturt, Kate Rosina
See details for all 7 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename,occupation
Order of information: surname

Components

Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined

Listing information

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Condition

POPLAR AND STEPNEY SICK ASYLUM
WMO ID: 111147
Condition: Good [last updated on 05-06-2017]
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History

2006: Memorial to be moved to new site (hospital has closed & future uncertain)

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

War Memorials Trust WM1933 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=28

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