Grave marker for 15 infants from Upper North Street School (Poplar) in the East London Cemetery

MATERIALS: marble, metal lettering.

DESCRIPTION: the large grave maker is a block of marble carved to look like a rugged stone outcrop. The front surface is carved in the form of a scroll, with carved ivy fronds creeping around the bottom of the scroll. The scroll bears the principal dedicatory inscription, reading THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE CHILDREN INTERRED HERE WHO LOST/ THEIR LIVES AT NORTH ST SCHOOL POPLAR/ DURING THE HOSTILE AIR RAID/ ON JUNE 13TH 1917/ (NAMES). The children’s names, with their ages, are listed in alphabetical order.

The block stands on a three-stepped plinth, with a further inscription on the front face of the upper step reading "I SAY UNTO YOU, IN HEAVEN THEIR ANGELS DO ALWAYS/ BEHOLD THE FACE OF MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN."/ ST MATT.XVIII.10. The plot is surrounded by a stone kerb with pyramidal posts.