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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Epping Forest
Town
Waltham Forest
County
Essex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Rededicated
    Date: 24th June 1990
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
40151

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Current location

WALTHAM ABBEY JEWISH CEMETERY
High Beech
Waltham Forest
Epping Forest
Essex
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 400 000
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • EAST LONDON SYNAGOGUE
    Nelson St
    Whitechapel
    Epping Forest
    Essex
    E1 2DE
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
TWO WALL-MOUNTED NOWY-HEADED TABLETS. BRONZE PLAQUES MOUNTED ON TABLETS. WHITE AND BLUE LETTERING. NAMES IN FOUR COLUMNS. INSCRIPTION AT TOP. CENTRAL TABLET IS WHITE MARBLE. CARVING IN PEDIMENT AT TOP OF EACH TABLET OF STAR OF DAVID WITHIN LAUREL WREATH WITH DATES OF WAR.
Inscription
LEFT HAND TABLET: 1914 1919/ DEDICATED TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE JEWS OF EAST LONDON,/ WHO WERE NUMBERED AMONG THOSE WHO, AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY/ LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED DANGER AND FINALLY..../ (NAMES) RIGHT HAND TABLET: PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF AND SELF-SACRIFICE,/ GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM./ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN/ (NAMES) CENTRAL PANEL: THESE ROLL OF HONOUR BOARDS/ WERE ORIGINALLY MOUNTED IN THE FOYER OF/ THE EAST LONDON SYNAGOGUE/ THEIR REDEDICATION TOOK PLACE ON/ SUNDAY 24 JUNE 1990/ CORRESPONDING TO ROSH CHODESH TAMMUZ 5750. BY REV. DR. I. LEVY O.B.E. T.D./ A.A. DUNITZ J.P. C.C./ CHAIRMAN OF THE BURIAL COMMITTEE.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Aarons, J
Aarons, M J
Abrahams, E
Abrahams, H
Abrahams, I
Abrahams, M
Abrahams, M
Abrahams, S
Abrahams, S
Alberts, J
See details for all 394 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 687
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 687
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,regiment
    Order of information: regiment,surname
Components
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Plaques
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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