{On three marble slabs attached to the base of the cross:}
To the honoured memory of those employees of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington who made the supreme sacrifice during two world wars, 1914 - 1918 and 1939 - 1945.
E8, Mare Street, Hackney Town Hall
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hackney Town Hall Cross
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hackney Town Hall Cross
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
This area has a large Turkish community. From Architectural Memorialization at Turkey’s › Witness Sites ‹: The Case of the Madimak Hotel...
This memorial was first installed in 1921 for WW1. In 2005 it was refurbished and the red granite plinth with its plaque were added, all ...
{On the risers of three steps at the front of the cross:} Thanks be to God who gave us the victory. In proud and grateful memory of the o...
The main shaft is Portland stone and there is a useful granite seat around the base. At the back there is a basin for the drinking fount...
A nearby information board gives: The column in this court was erected and dedicated in the year 2000 AD in the centre of what was forme...
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