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
Constituency
Greenwich and Woolwich MP: Matthew Pennycook (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 October 2018
Type
War memorial
Address
East Greenwich Gas Works War Memorial, West Parkside Road, London, SE10 0FQ
OS grid reference
TQ 397 792
Coordinates
51.49528, 0.01209
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The East Greenwich Gas Works War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1926. It is made from grey Aberdeen granite and features a monolith with roughly hewn sides and a polished front face. The front face includes an inscription and the names of 79 employees of the South Metropolitan Gas Company who died during the First World War.

At the top of the front face, the main dedicatory inscription 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 this inscription are the names of the 79 fallen individuals, along with their rank and regiment, or the force they served in.

Local climate

East Greenwich Gas Works War Memorial 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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