Memorial

Wanstead

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Roadside., High Street, Wanstead, Redbridge, Greater London, E11 2AA, England

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TQ 40338 88693

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Type of Memorial: Allegory (eg: Victory)
WMR Reference Number: 2127
Description: Bronze figure surmounts square Portland stone base. Green marble facing with names inscribed on it on base Figure is of Winged Victory, half draped, as she carries 4 palm leaves and wears laurel wreath on her head. Shield, crown, furled flags above inscribed plaque
Inscription: ON COLUMN: MEN OF WANSTEAD / WHOM THEIR NEIGHBOURS / HEREBY COMMEMORATE / HERE NUMBERED AMONG / THOSE WHO IN THE / GREAT WAR / AT THE CALL OF / KING AND COUNTRY / LEFT ALL THAT WAS / DEAR TO THEM / ENDURED HARDSHIP / FACED DANGER AND / FINALLY PASSED OUT OF / THE SIGHT OF MEN BY / THE PATH OF DUTY AND / SELF SACRIFICE GIVING UP / THEIR OWN LIVES THAT / OTHERS MIGHT / LIVE IN / FREEDOM / LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER / SEE TO IT THAT THEIR / SACRIFICE WAS NOT IN VAIN / 1914-1918 / AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE / MEN AND WOMEN WHO LAID / DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE 1939-1945 WAR / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM PLAQUE: Afghanistan casualty (NAME) (exact inscription unknown)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 192
Died: 192
Information shown: surname,decorations

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

War: Afghanistan (2001-2014)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename
Additional Information: Details of name list not known/partially known

Maker(s): Newbury Abbot Trent RBS, Sculptor
Maintenance History: 2013, September: site is regularly maintained. Plaque was added to original memorial.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

30th April 1922

Sir James Roll.Bart. - wore robes and chain of an Alderman of the City of London.

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