Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tower Hamlets
- Town
- Poplar
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 23 June 1919
Attended by: Major General E.B. Ashmore M.V.O., D.S.O., C.B.
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18052
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Current location
Upper North Street School
Upper North Street
Poplar
Tower Hamlets
Greater London
E14 6DU
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 37499 81062
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Brass plaque affixed to a wooden base
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF /18 LITTLE CHILDREN /KILLED IN THIS SCHOOL /BY /ENEMY AIRCRAFT /ON /WEDNESDAY 13TH JUNE 1917.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War - civilians
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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: £4 2s 6d
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Our Blog ukniwm.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/i-am-the-enemy-you-killed-my-friend/
- "POPLAR CHILDREN'S AIR RAID MEMORIAL." East End News, 7 October 1919.
- East End News, 1 July 1919.
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