Memorial

Poplar Upper North Street School Children

Main inscription

Source: Copyright Jonathan Shepherd

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Current Location

Poplar Recreation Ground, East India Dock Road, Poplar, Tower Hamlets, Greater London, E14 0BP, England

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TQ 37727 80947

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Allegory (eg: Victory)
WMR Reference Number: 56716
Description: Figure of an angel atop a square pillar, the upper part of which is shrine-like with four short black marble pillars. The faces of the shrine carry the commemoration (beneath a carved representation of the seal of Poplar Borough Council) and the names of the children, all in raised, black lettering. This then stands on a five step, square, stone base, the lowest step being black, the rest white.
Inscription: Shrine Front face: IN MEMORY OF/ 18 CHILDREN/ WHO WERE KILLED/ BY A BOMB/ DROPPED FROM A/ GERMAN AEROPLANE/ UPON THE L.C.C./ SCHOOL - UPPER/ NORTH STREET-/ POPLAR - ON THE/ 13TH OF JUNE 1917./ ALFRED H. WARREN O.B.E./ MAYOR/ J.BUTEUX SKEGGS./ TOWN CLERK Shrine Sides: [Names] Front face, base, middle step: ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRITION Front face, base, next to bottom step: A. R. ADAMS/ POPLAR

Commemoration

War: First World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 18
Died: 18
Information shown: Surname, year died, place of death, forename, manner of death, age of death
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname

History

Maker(s): Mr A R Adams and Son
Costs: £218.10s.6d plus foundation for memorial £11.3s.6d.
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Full list of costs published in East End News, 7 Oct 1919

Ceremonies

Unveiled

23 June 1919

MAJ. GEN. E.B. ASHMORE M.V.O., D.S.O., C.B.

Conservation

Components

Figure

Height: 10ft OA

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

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Poplar Upper North Street School Children

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Poplar Upper North Street School Children

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Memorial Details

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