Description

The following buildings shall be added:

TQ 48 NW
937-/05/10005

ILFORD
EASTERN AVENUE
Ilford 1914-18 War Memorial

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Memorial Hall. Small single-storey octagonal structure, formerly attached to the children's wing of the
King George Hospital, and built in 1927 to commemorate Ilford soldiers who died in the First World
War. Designed by C J Dawson & Allardyce, architects. Red brick with stone dressing. No windows.
Two doorways, one on memorial gardens side, one opposite on the hospital side. Stone door surrounds
and cornice, foundation stones and tablet. Concrete coping. Metal and glass ceiling dome. Metal
doors. Tablet above entrance inscribed: 'ILFORD WAR MEMORIAL/ CHILDREN'S WING/
ERECTED A.D. 1927.' Foundation stone to right of entrance inscribed 'This stone was laid by Lady
Wise, wife of Sir Frederic Wise, member 1926.' Stone set into the brick to the left of the entrance
inscribed: 'This stone was laid by Walter H. Stevens Chairman of the Ilford War Memorial Fund 6 Nov.
1926.' INTERIOR: Moulded stone surrounds to doors on two sides of the octagon; remaining six sides
covered with marble slabs inscribed with the names of the dead. Minimal ceiling cornice. Tablet above
doorway to hospital inscribed 'Wing opened in 1927 by Lady Patricia Ramsay, H.R.H Princess Patricia.'
White marble floor tiles with black tiles in centre and black border. Metal door frames with glazed panels.
Fittings: apart from name slabs, two pairs of crossed flagpoles on facing sides.

TQ 48 NW ILFORD EASTERN AVENUE
937-/05/10006 Memorial Gardens War
Memorial
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War Memorial. Unveiled 1922 to commemorate the soldiers from Ilford who died in the 1914-1918
war. Stone obelisk surmounted by a cross on tall stone plinth raised on three steps. Bronze life-size figure
of a soldier on the south side of the obelisk by Newbury Abbot Trent. HISTORY: Paid for by public
subscription and unveiled 22 November by H.R.H. Princess Louise, Duchess ofArgyll. An identical
copy of the figure by the sculptor Newbury Trent (1885-1953) can be found at Tredegar, Gwent (1924).

Listing NGR: TQ4476388340

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.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27082322

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