Memorials in Brentford Library grounds
Source: Copyright Terry Boden
In the grounds, Brentford Library, Boston Manor Road, Brentford, Hounslow, Greater London, TW8 8DW, England
TQ 17606 77776
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Mr W.B. Lewis (employee of Brentford Gas Works), Designer
Unveiled
9th July 1922
Attendees at the ceremony included members of the 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment's "B" Ccmpany.
Rededicated
1st November 1998
The Lord Lieutenant of London
Brentford Gas Works (mounted on north wall), High Street, Brentford, Hounslow, Greater London, England
TQ 18571 77859
November 1988
(The gasworks closed in 1963 and were demolished in 1965). Whilst one report implies that the plaque was at the Gas Works' site, other evidence indicates that may instead have moved to the Brentford Library site from St George's Church (perhaps having been stored among other items from the Gas works' site).
St George's Church (now redundant), High Street, Brentford, Hounslow, Greater London, England
TQ 18436 77826
Church of England
Unknown
St George's Church (where the plaque was unveiled in 1922) closed in 1959; it was later used as a Musical Museum until 2007, and has since been converted into housing . The date the plaque was removed from that site is uncertain: one report implies that it hung on the north wall of the actual Brentford Gas Works' site in High Street, Brentford, and was moved from there to Brentford Library; other evidence, however, indicates that the plaque was instead on the north wall of St George's Church, and that it was from there that it moved to the Library.
Height: 840 mm
Width: 1575 mm
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good