East Greenwich Gas Works War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 2018. War memorial.
East Greenwich Gas Works War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- over-floor-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Greenwich
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial unveiled in 1926.
MATERIALS: grey Aberdeen granite.
DESCRIPTION: the South Metropolitan Gas Company Workers Memorial comprises a monolith, with roughly hewn sides and a polished front face. The face contains an inscription and the names of the 79 employees of the company who died during the First World War.
The principal dedicatory inscription, located at the top of the front face, reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THOSE EMPLOYEES OF THE SOUTH/ METROPOLITAN GAS COMPANY ATTACHED TO/ THE EAST GREENWICH, PHOENIX WHARF, AND/ ORDNANCE WHARF WORKS, WHO, IN RESPONSE/ TO THE CALL OF THEIR KING AND COUNTRY,/ SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR. Below are the names of the 79 fallen individuals, along with their rank and regiment, or which force they served in.
- Pursuant to s1(5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest.
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