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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

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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
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
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
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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