Memorial

City of London, Stepney and Bethnal Green Air Raid Civilian Casualties Wall and Garden Of Remembrance

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Current Location

City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Road, Manor Park, Newham, Greater London, E12 5DQ, England

TQ 41813 86343

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Type of Memorial: Wall
WMR Reference Number: 12342
Description: A memorial wall with several panels surrounded by a garden. The central dedicatory plaque of the wall commemorates 250 civilians residents of London Boroughs of Bethnal Green and Stepney who died in the Second World War (although the memorial description states 230) . It is flanked by two names plaques either side, in turn flanked by two crosses. The central plaque is headed by the City coat of arms, flanked by the devices of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Bethnal Green, to the left and Stepney to the right.
Inscription: IN THIS/ GARDEN/ OF REMEMBRANCE/ REST THE BODIES OF 230 (sic)/ CIVILIAN MEN, WOMEN/ AND CHILDREN/ OF THE CITY OF LONDON/ AND OF THE METROPOLITAN/ BOROUGHS OF/ BETHNAL GREEN AND STEPNEY/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN/ THE AIR RAIDS ON LONDON/ DURING THE WAR - 1939-1945./ THIS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED/ 12TH NOVEMBER 1950/ BY THE RT HON AND RT REV/ THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON/ AND BY MINISTERS REPRESENTING/ OTHER DENOMINATIONS./ "THESE WERE THE TIMES WHEN THE ENGLISH AND/ PARTICULARLY THE LONDONERS WHO HAD THE/ PLACE OF HONOUR WERE SEEN AT THEIR BEST"

Wall

Height: 2000 mm

Width: 9000 mm

Depth: 1000 mm

Made from: Stone - Portland

Condition: Good

Plaques

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Anonymous, 'Ceremonies of Remembrance: London Air Raids Memorial', The Times, 13 November 1950, issue 51847, p. 2.