Tower Hill Memorial: First World War
Tower Hill Memorial: First World War
Tower Hill Memorial: First World War
Tower Hill Memorial: First World War
Tower Hill Memorial: First World War
Tower Hill Memorial: First World War
Tower Hill Memorial: First World War
Tower Hill Memorial: First World War
Tower Hill Memorial: First World War

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A memorial to the missing of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleet. The memorial, raised on a platform above street level, is in the form of a temple of three bays. Each bay is formed of piers and columns in the long side walls, flanking the central open space. The piers forming the bays have external round arch curved niches and are clad in rectangular panels laid in a stretcher bond pattern and giving the appearance of rusticated walling. These panels bear the names of the missing, arranged by vessel. The entablature with cornice is of the Doric order. The low-pitched roof with side parapets and capped with a low, flat, circular dome has pedimented gable ends over the entrance arches to the east and west ends. Security spikes are fixed in the wall openings to the southern elevation.

Title

Tower Hill Memorial: First World War

Date

1928

Medium

Portland stone, bronze, stone & cast iron

Accession number

EC3N_AM_S659

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission

Work type

War memorial

Owner

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Custodian

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade I (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

12th December 1928

Listing date

27/09/73

Access

at all times

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Located at

Trinity Square Gardens, Tower Hamlets

EC3N 4AA