In memory of the uncounted millions of animals who died, not of foot and mouth, but of the cure for foot and mouth.
The first memorial was obviously sinking into the ground when our photograph was taken in 2013. We returned in 2015 and photographed the replacement, but we do not know exactly when the switch happened.
SE10, Ballast Quay, Ballast Quay communal garden
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Foot-and-mouth epidemic - new memorial
Foot and mouth disease (aphthae epizooticae) is an infectious disease that af...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Foot-and-mouth epidemic - new memorial
 The first memorial was obviously sinking into the ground when our...
Since we don't normally collect gravestone we are no experts on them but this one is odd. A small plain white stone with three layers ma...
This strangely monikered garden was named for Dr William Heath Strange who, in 1882, founded the Hampstead General Hospital that went on ...
The monument, created by Mark Badger, is set in raked gravel and surrounded by silver birch trees.
The National Archive BIS War Memorials has research about all the names on this war memorial.
Off modern information board: gardens became a recreation ground, officially opened on 6 July 1886 by HRH Princess Louise.
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