South Metropolitan Gas Company - John Harrison Way, Greenwich, London, UK
N 51° 29.717 E 000° 00.724
31U E 292599 N 5709138
A memorial in an area where you would not expect to find one.
Waymark Code: WMCGH5
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/05/2011
Views: 4
The memorial is made from rough hewn stone with the face smoothed for the inscription. The memorial stands about 2 metres (7 feet) high in a grassed leisure area.
The inscription reads:
"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE SOUTH / METROPOLITAN GAS COMPANY ATTACHED TO / THE EAST GREENWICH GAS COMPANY, PHOENIX WHARF AN D/ ORDNANCE WHARF WORKS, WHO IN RESPONSE / TO THE CALL OF THEIR KING AND COUNTRY / SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR".
Beneath the inscription are the name, rank and service of 79 men.
The memorial was initially located at the gas works on the Greenwich peninsula and was lost until 1999 when it was found and re-sited as the peninsula was developed.
The memorial is now maintained by English Partnerships one of the leading companies undertaking the regeneration of the area.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 09/18/1926
Private or Public Monument?: Private
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: South Metropolitan Gas Company
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
John Harrison Way
Greenwich
London, United Kingdom
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