Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tower Hamlets
- Town
- Mile End
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 56671
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Current location
In corridor outside the Leadenhall Ward
opposite Post-Graduate Centre.
Mile End Hospital (Mental Health Unit)
Bancroft Rd
Mile End
Tower Hamlets
Greater London
E1 4DG
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 35887 82437
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- John Denham Building. In the stair well of the Hospital
St Clements Hospital
2a Bow Rd
Bow
Tower Hamlets
Greater London
E3 4LL
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 368 825
Denomination: Undefined
- John Denham Building. In the stair well of the Hospital
- Description
- Nowy headed board with cornice and frieze with carved tympanum. Three vertical panels bordered with darker carved wood. Centre panel names are listed in two columns. Inscription lettering is in gold leaf. There is a narrow shelf at the base of the board.
- Inscription
- THE GREAT WAR/ THE CITY OF LONDON UNION/ Left Panel: 1914/ OLD CITY BOYS/ (Names) Centre Panel: HEAD OFFICE, 61 BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE, EC1/ (Names)/ ENLISTED FROM/ THE INSTITUTION & INFIRMARY HOMERTON/ (Names)/ ENLISTED FROM/ THE BOW INSTITUTION, BOW ROAD, E3/ (Names) Right Panel; 1919/ OLD CITY BOYS/ (Names) Lower Inscription: DEDICATED IN MEMORY AND TO THE HONOUR of the ABOVE NAMED
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 94
Served and returned: 67
Died: 27
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,additional
Order of information: additional
- 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
- History
- 2009: Refurbished and re-sited to Mile End Hospital 2005: Moved from St Clements to safe keeping by the Western Front Association, due to closure.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Western Front Association Bulletin by Western Front Association No 78 page 25/ June & July 2007 includes illustration
- Western Front Association Bulletin No 85 Oct-Nov 2009, p28
- Western Front Association Branch Newsletter p28/ Oct/Nov 2009
- Western Front Association Branch Newsletter 8/July 2007 "If You Want the Old Battalion"(Essex Branch WFA)
- Other website www.eastlondon.nhs.uk/uploads/documents/new_home_for_war_memorial_3_.pdf
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