Brentford Gas Company War Memorial Plaque is a Grade II listed building in the Newham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 2021. War memorial.
Brentford Gas Company War Memorial Plaque
- WRENN ID
- mired-footing-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newham
- Constituency
- West Ham and Beckton MP: James Asser (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 2021
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Brentford Gas Company War Memorial Plaque, the Memorial Garden, Twelvetrees Crescent, London, E3 3JQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 385 823
- Coordinates
- 51.52345, -0.00439
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brentford Gas Company War Memorial Plaque is a war memorial erected in 1922 at the Southall Gasworks of the Brentford Gas Company, which was taken over by the Gas Light and Coke Company in 1926. The memorial was later moved to the site of the former Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks and placed in a memorial garden created after the Second World War.
The memorial features a bronze plaque set on a chamfered stone tablet that stands approximately 1.2 meters high and 1.8 meters wide, with a chamfered rectangular stone base. It is located within a memorial garden near other notable structures, including the Gas Light and Coke Company memorial lamp, the memorial rotunda, and a statue of Sir Corbett Woodhall, all of which are Grade II-listed. The bronze plaque displays an inscription in raised lettering that reads: "IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE MCMXIV. OF OUR COMRADES IN THESE WORKS MCMXVIII. WHO DURING THE GREAT WAR LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR US AND FOR THEIR COUNTRY. NAMES 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS'."
Local climate
Brentford Gas Company War Memorial Plaque sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Rotunda
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- Gasholder No 1, former Bromley-by-Bow gasworks
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- Gasholder No 2, former Bromley-by-Bow gasworks
- Gasholder No 7, former Bromley-by-Bow gasworks
- Gasholder No 6, former Bromley-by-Bow gasworks
- Twelvetrees Crescent Bridge
- Gasholder No 8, former Bromley-by-Bow gasworks