Gas Light & Coke Company War Memorials - Bromley-by-Bow, London, UK
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A memorial garden at the premises of the former Gas Light and Coke Company in Bromley-by-Bow contains a War Memorial to the fallen of the First World War. A Second World War memorial has also been added.
Waymark Code: WM14602
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/25/2021
Views: 3
There are three War Memorials at this location, in a shady public garden secluded from the nearby road.
Perhaps the most interesting is a stone column supporting an iron-framed, octagonal gas lamp, which is always lit. On the stone base is a plaque commemorating the men who worked at Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks who died in the two World Wars. This monument is Grade II listed. The inscription is as follows:
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WWI:
THESE MEN DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY
1914 - 1919
THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY
WW2:
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE
COMPANY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR
OF 1939 - 45
REQUIESCANT IN PACE
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Alongside the gas lamp are two further memorials, which hold duplicate plaques. To the left is a columned rotunda, with benches and carved with intricate details. The centrepiece is a large stone tablet.
Completing the memorial garden is a statue of Sir Corbett Woodall, Governor of the Gas Light and Coke Company from 1906-16. This statue, and possibly the gaslight memorial are believed to have been moved to this location from the nearby Beckton Gas Works.
Private or Public Monument?: Private
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: The Gas Light and Coke Company
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
Memorial Gardens
Twelvetrees Crescent
Bromley-by-Bow, London United Kingdom
E16 4TQ
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed
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