
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Shelter
- District
- Redbridge
- Town
- Ilford
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 1st January 1917
Attended by: Unknown
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 52671
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Current location
Shelter
Valentines Park
Cranbrook Roiad
Ilford
Redbridge
Greater London
IG2 6EW
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 43203 88032
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Four-sided wooden shelter with dedicatory slate tablet mounted in 2018 on modern explanatory panel.
- Inscription
- Cowlin Memorial/ ERECTED BY THE ILFORD CHAMBER OF/ COMMERCE AND FRIENDS IN MEMORY/ OF CORPORAL H. COWLIN. L.R.B./ ONE OF OUR MEMBERS./ KILLED IN / ACTION JULY 1ST 1916./
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cowlin, H
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, rank, year died, regiment, manner of death, occupation, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Shelter
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Tablet
- 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
- Ilford (Cpl H Cowlin)
- WMO ID: 72769
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 24-03-2020]
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- History
- 2006: Shelter restored. The tablet had been found at the bottom of the lake when the lake was drained. It is to be cleaned and refixed to the shelter. 2002: It is the intention that the tablet be replaced. 2000: Tablet missing from shelter since about March. Presumed smashed or thrown into lake by vandals. Pre 2000: The inscription on the tablet was badly worn and almost illegible.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- London Borough of Redbridge Leisure Services.
- Reference
- Ilford Recorder 7th December 1917
- Yellow Advertiser 3rd August 2006
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