MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS |
EAST LONDON CEMETERY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
This Memorial was Erected by the
Directors of the EAST LONDON CEMETERY Co Ld
22nd February 1917
BETHNAL GREEN DISASTER PLAQUE
SITE OF THE WORST CIVILIAN DISASTER
OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
IN MEMORY OF
173 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON THE
EVENING OF WEDNESDAY 3RD MARCH 1943
DESCENDING THESE STEPS TO BETHNAL GREEN
UNDERGROUND AIR RAID SHELTER
NOT FORGOTTEN
ST BOTOLPH, BISHOPSGATE
Panel 1
IN MEMORIAM
OFFICERS AND MEN
OF THE
HONOURABLE
ARTILLERY
COMPANY
WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR
AUGUST 4 1916
Panel 2
Kitchener
June 5 1916
Lest we forget
Panel 3
IN MEMORY OF
OUR
BRAVE DEAD
OF
BISHOPSGATE
1914-1916
Panel 4
JOHN TRAVERS
CORNWELL VC OF
HMS CHESTER
THE
BATTLE OF JUTLAND
JUNE 1916
HERO OF 16 YEARS
[Note: Jack Cornwell was a local lad from Leyton and many of the HAC would have come from the EoLFHS area]