Leytonstone War Memorial and Gardens

A tapering granite obelisk on a shouldered plinth and stepped base. The bottom step is circular and the upper steps semi-octagonal. Wreaths in carved relief are located on the top of each face of the obelisk and with small tie mouldings at the base of the obelisk. No names are recorded on the memorial although there is evidence that metal plaques had once been attached to the base of the obelisk.

The inscription on the base reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD / IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED. / IN SYMPATHY WITH THOSE WHO SUFFERED / AND / IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF / LEYTON AND LEYTONSTONE / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS / 1914 – 1918 – 1939 – 1945.

The gardens around the memorial are laid out in a triangular form with a brick boundary wall, granite curbing posts and chains. Each of the four entrances to the gardens is flanked by two piers, those at the main entrance supporting two electric light standards in the shape of flames.

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, 17 February 2017.