Memorial
Farmer Road School WW1 Tablet
Current Location
GEORGE MITCHELL SCHOOL, Farmer Rd, Leyton, Waltham Forest, Greater London, E10 5DN, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 370 860
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 40021
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED STONE TABLET. INCISED LETTERING. NAMES IN FOUR COLUMNS.
- Inscription
- TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY/ OF THE BOYS OF FARMER ROAD SCHOOL/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914-1918/ (Names)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 52
- Died
- 52
- Information shown
- surname,decorations
- Order of names
- surname
- Number Commemorated
- 2
- Served
- 1
- Died
- 1
Components
- Tablet
Height: C 3 FT
Width: C 5 FT
Made from: Stone
Condition: Unknown
- Local Publication/Booklet 'Forest News': Newsletter of the Forest Group for Local History No.21 (Spring 2004) p.12
- Evening Standard 1 August 2014 p.19 Farmer Road School was renamed George Mitchell School in 1957 to commemmorate a former pupil, Pte G A Mitchell who was awarded a posthumous VC in WW2.