Erection date: 1917
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Lest we forget
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To the greater glory of God and in loving memory of our brothers who died for England, home and duty in the Great War, 1914.
Unusually this memorial was erected before the end of the war. There may be more but the only other one we know of is at St Botolphs.
N1, Penton Street, St Silas Church
The church website has a .
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Silas cross
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Silas cross
Sculptor and painter. Born Hackney. Other work in London: Heston war memorial.
From the middle ages on, the south bank, lying outside the area regulated by the City, tended to be the place of recreation: theatres, br...
The college was founded by King George IV in 1829.
For our detail picture we show the Chapter House and Cloister which are actually laid out in situ at St Paul's Medieval footprint.
Our photo shows the 3 memorials in a line, from the back: flagpole, Dimmer, Skylon. Photos of this stretch of riverside just before the ...
This building was erected in the 1930s. Actor Angela Lansbury contributed to the 2008 restoration of the clock.
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