Memorial

Plaistow

Source: David Ayling

1/10

Current Location

Exterior wall of chapels, East London Cemetery Chapels, Grange Road, Plaistow, Newham, Greater London, E13 0HB, England

TQ 39839 82831

Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.

This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.

To share information or photographs, contact us.

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 12372
Description: Four tablets mounted in four separate frames. Each frame consists of flanking pillars supporting a pediment, with an ogee arch. The centre holds two tablets with diving pillars and an arched top. There is an additional tablet at the base of the left frame, in between the brackets. Names are in incised lettering, and there is a Royal Coat of Arms in the top centre of each frame.
Inscription: Four Tablets: (Names) Tablet: IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE ABOVE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY AND OF/ CIVILISATION/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Maintenance History: 2011: All tablets are now weathered and the names are difficult to read. 1991: North East facing plaques in reasonable condition, South West facing plaques very poor.

Tablet

Height: 2000mm

Width: 700mm

Depth: 150mm

Made from: Stone - Limestone

Condition: Poor