Tramway Workers War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Newham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1999. War memorial.

Tramway Workers War Memorial

WRENN ID
patient-roof-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newham
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1999
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TQ 48 SW GREENGATE STREET Plaistow 251/4/10047 Tramway Workers War Memorial

II

War memorial. C. 1920 by J.F. Richards, carved by A. Elfes & Sons. Portland stone. Plinth of 3 steps with obelisks at 4 corners standing on lowest step. Pedestal with moulded base; cornice supported on scrolled consoles on corbels. Front face with laurel wreath enclosing inscription: sacred/ to the memory of/ West Ham Tramway/ Employees/ who fell in the/ European war/ 1914-1919. Baldacchino consists of moulded thin-section canopy with mutules supported on 3 unfluted Tuscan columns and one square pier, the latter inscribed with the names of those commemorated.

Listing NGR: TQ4073282901

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 16 February 2017.

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