{The symbol at the top of the main plaque has at the centre a lovely enamelled tower shown against green fields and a blue sky, with a Latin motto:}
Justitia Turris Nostra {Justice is our Tower} 1900.
1914 1918
Disabled Soldiers & Sailors (Hackney) Foundation
{On the lower plaque:}
This scheme was initiated and carried out by George Francis James MacLeod and Sir Louis Stanley Johnson, MP, JP.
The tower in the symbol looks to us a lot like Hackney's St Augustine's tower. Since the Foundation did not come into being until 1916 we cannot explain the "1900".
These plaques, especially the larger one, show a remarkable disdain for the normal rules applying to the distribution of space between words.
Site: Hackney Almshouses for Disabled Soldiers & Sailors (4 memorials)
E5, Wattisfield Road
Designed by architects Gunton and Gunton and opened in 1923. These alsmhouses consist of a row of six cottages with a pair of semi-detached houses at each end, providing homes for 10 disabled married ex-servicemen and their families.
These almshouses are mentioned on the St Johns Hackney war memorial.
Each house has a large brass plaque proudly naming it. Reading from south to north: Hackney Tradesmen's Cottage, H&SN Chamber of Commerce Cottage, Clarnico Cottage, Tom & May Patchett Cottage, Liverpool Victoria Cottage, Courage Cottage, Sacrifice Cottage, Peace Cottage, Gilbert Cottage, Empress Cottage. Such a variety. Possibly some are named for donors.
On the day we visited the garden was looking rather sorry for itself, as was the flag.
The Wilson plaque is on the road-facing elevation of Hackney Tradesmen's Cottage.
The Platinum plaque is laid into the south-east quadrant lawn of the central garden.
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