Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Rotunda

War memorial. Erected to commemorate gas company workers lost during the First and Second World Wars. Built following the Second World War in a new memorial garden on the site of the former Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks.

MATERIALS: a rotunda built of cast-stone with an openwork wrought-iron dome and two bronze plaques.

DESCRIPTION: the rotunda stands within a memorial garden on the site of the former Bromley-by-Bow gasworks. It is located adjacent to the Gas Light and Coke Company memorial lamp (originally located at Beckton Gas Works, Grade II-listed), the memorial plaque, and a statue of Sir Corbett Woodhall (Grade II-listed), just to the north of the gas company roundel outside the former London Gas Museum, and near seven gasholders (Grade II-listed). The memorial comprises a cast-stone rotunda formed of six spiral-fluted Corinthian columns resting on decorative pedestals and supporting a heavily enriched frieze upon which is an openwork wrought-iron dome. It is set on a paved circular stone base with a floral mosaic at the centre upon which is a stone memorial tablet carrying two bronze plaques. The upper plaque is cast with the depiction of an angel with sword and armour, probably Archangel Michael, and an inscription in raised lettering: THESE MEN DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ NAMES/ 1914-1919/ THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY. There are 548 names of those that died during the First World War. The lower plaque is inscribed: TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF/ THE COMPANY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR/ OF 1939-45 REQUIESCANT IN PACE/ NAMES. There are 402 names on the plaque and it is painted with the arms of the company, featuring a pair of salamanders breathing fire.