Memorial details

Memorial type
Allegory (eg: Victory)
District
Tower Hamlets
Town
Poplar
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War - civilians
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 23 June 1919
    Attended by: MAJ. GEN. E.B. ASHMORE M.V.O., D.S.O., C.B.
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
56716

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Current location

Poplar Recreation Ground
East India Dock Road
Poplar
Tower Hamlets
Greater London
E14 0BP
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 37727 80947
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Figure of an angel atop a square pillar, the upper part of which is shrine-like with four short black marble pillars. The faces of the shrine carry the commemoration (beneath a carved representation of the seal of Poplar Borough Council) and the names of the children, all in raised, black lettering. This then stands on a five step, square, stone base, the lowest step being black, the rest white.
Inscription
Shrine Front face: IN MEMORY OF/ 18 CHILDREN/ WHO WERE KILLED/ BY A BOMB/ DROPPED FROM A/ GERMAN AEROPLANE/ UPON THE L.C.C./ SCHOOL - UPPER/ NORTH STREET-/ POPLAR - ON THE/ 13TH OF JUNE 1917./ ALFRED H. WARREN O.B.E./ MAYOR/ J.BUTEUX SKEGGS./ TOWN CLERK Shrine Sides: [Names] Front face, base, middle step: ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRITION Front face, base, next to bottom step: A. R. ADAMS/ POPLAR
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 18
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 18
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, year died, place of death, forename, manner of death, age of death
    Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
Components
  • Pillar
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Black
  • Figure
    Measurements: height 10ft OA
    Materials: Stone
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • War memorial to the children of Upper North Street School
  • Grade II*
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Costs

Comments: Full list of costs published in East End News, 7 Oct 1919
Memorial: £218.10s.6d plus foundation for memorial £11.3s.6d.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Part of the fund endowed two cots, one in the children's ward of Poplar Hospital, and another in the Lord Mayor's Home for Crippled Children at Alton. The balance paid for three graves for 16 of the victims in the East London Cemetery, th other two being
Sponsorship
Public
Reference

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