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Latitude: 51.5275 / 51°31'38"N
Longitude: -0.0552 / 0°3'18"W
OS Eastings: 535009
OS Northings: 182742
OS Grid: TQ350827
Mapcode National: GBR J8.GRG
Mapcode Global: VHGQV.0V6X
Plus Code: 9C3XGWGV+XW
Entry Name: Bethnal Green War Memorial
Listing Date: 3 July 2017
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1444889
ID on this website: 101444889
Location: Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London, E2
County: London
District: Tower Hamlets
Electoral Ward/Division: Bethnal Green
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Tower Hamlets
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Tagged with: War memorial
War memorial in the form of a granite cross with Christ set on a cairn-like plinth.
Granite gabled cross, replete with crucified Christ sculpture. This rests on a cairn like plinth of stones, one of which bears the inscription "REMEMBER".
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 20 July 2017.
The aftermath of the World Wars saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised outside the Church of St John on Bethnal Green as a permanent testament to the sacrifices made by the members of the local community.
Bethnal Green War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifices it made in the World Wars;
* Design: as a simple yet dignified stone cross war memorial;
* Group value: with the Grade I-listed Church St John on Bethnal Green.
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