Memorial

Hackney War Memorial Homes

Memorial homes

Source: Sue Connell

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MEMORIAL HOMES, Wattisfield Rd, Lower Clapton, Hackney, Greater London, E5 9 QH, England

TQ 35293 86196

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Type of Memorial: Memorial homes / Alms houses
WMR Reference Number: 53131
Description: Six red brick two storeyed cottages in a terrace, with a two storeyed building at either end containing two cottages. A painted tablet is attached above the doors of the two central cottages, with a smaller tablet beneath. A metal plaque commemorating William Grainger Wilson has been added to the wall of the southern end cottage. Each cottage has a brass name plaque which were funded by local people and businesses.
Inscription: Painted tablet: 1914 1918/ DISABLED SOLDIERS & SAILORS/ (HACKNEY) FOUNDATION// Smaller tablet: THIS SCHEME WAS INITIATED AND CARRIED OUT/ BY/ GEORGE FRANCIS JAMES MACLEOD/ AND/ SIR LOUIS STANLEY JOHNSON MP JP William Grainger Wilson plaque: William Grainger Wilson/ 1919-2013/ Grainger Wilson lived here for 27 years,/ much of this time as chairman of the DSSF./ He fought with the 1st Bt. Middlesex Reg in the Western Desert/ and was wounded at El Alamein and again in Tunisia./ In war and peace he did his duty to God and his country./ In later life he was a devoted supporter/ of the Scout Movement in Hackney./ He was a gentleman in every sense of the word. Names of cottages: HACKNEY TRADESMEN'S COTTAGE// H&SN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COTTAGE// CLARNICO COTTAGE// TOM & MAY PATCHETT COTTAGE//LIVERPOOL VICTORIA COTTAGE// COURAGE COTTAGE// SACRIFICE COTTAGE// PEACE COTTAGE// GILBERT COTTAGE// EMPRESS COTTAGE

Maker(s): Gunton and Gunton, Designer
T and G Foster and Co of Norwood Junction, Builder
Costs: £5379

Opened

20 October 1923

FM HRH Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught KG