Memorial
20th Shoreditch Battalion Middlesex Regiment
Current Location
St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch High Street, Shoreditch, Hackney, Greater London, E1 6JN, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 33465 82635
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Trophy / Relic
- WMR Reference Number
- 53140
- Description
- DRUMS, STANDARD AND DISPLAY CASE. DEDICATORY PLAQUE INSCRIPTION WITH IN BLACK AND RED LETTERING
- Inscription
- THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR, 1914-1918./ THESE DRUMS AND STANDARD (WHICH ACCOMPANIED THEM TO FRANCE)/ WERE PRESENTED TO THE 20TH (SHOREDITCH BATTALION MIDDLESEX/ REGIMENT, A VOLUNTEER BATTALION OF LORD KITCHENER'S ARMY, RECRUITED/ IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH BY THE THEN MAYOR, SIR H.BUSBY BIRD./ THEIR PRINCIPLE ENGAGEMENTS WERE AT LOOS, CAMBRAI AND/ ARMENTIERES, WHEN MOST OF THE MEN WHO WENT INTO ACTION MADE/ THE GREAT SACRIFICE. THE DONOR OF THE DRUMS AND CASKET/ (A NATIVE OF SHOREDITCH) EXPRESSED A PIOUS HOPE THAT/ THE DRUMS OF WAR WOULD NEVER BEAT AGAIN.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Custodian
- THE CHURCH
Components
- Case
Made from: Wood - Oak, Glass
Condition: Good
- Plaque
Made from: Brass
Condition: Good
- Flag
Made from: Unknown
Condition: Unknown
- Relic
Made from: Unknown
Condition: Unknown