Tower Hamlets Cemetery War Memorial - Southern Grove, London, UK - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

Tower Hamlets Council has a list of War Memorials within Tower Hamlets with the entry for this memorial telling us:

This large war memorial is close to the main entrance gate and replaces an earlier memorial which was located near the middle of the cemetery.

The memorial commemorates the fallen of both wars and records names and details of 279 men and women on sixteen panels.

The centrepiece includes a cross motif and the following inscription:

1914-1918 1939-1945
THOSE HONOURED HERE DIED
IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

The memorial is included in the Imperial War Museum database as entry 60454. The record describes the memorial thus:

Semi-circular wall with names on 16 inset plaques. The centrepiece of the wall is a polished granite block-built section with a gabled pediment and cut through cross feature. The name plaques are arranged either side of the centrepiece. Paved area to front.

It was built in 2009 to replace the former memorial.

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/2009 Private or Public Monument?: Government Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Tower Hamlets Council Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park Southern Grove London, United Kingdom Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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