AdminHistory | The first meeting of the sub-committee took place on 4th April 1946 and it met for the last time on 1st December 1948, by which time its aim of funding and arranging for a War Memorial to commemorate the ten members of the staff of Bethnal Green Council who lost their lives in the 1939-1945 war had been achieved. The memorial, an angled oak seat with a plaque above, placed in the vestibule of the main entrance to Bethnal Green Town Hall, was unveiled on 11th November 1948. The ten men commemorated are:
E. Artus E. Baker G.W.Fenn J. Fern E.A.Gurling J.L.Luck A.J.Pleydell W.J.Rose M.W.Walsh W.Woodroffe |
CustodialHistory | Donated by Miss E.Evans, formerly employed at Bethnal Green Library and the secretary to the sub-committee (1946-1948), 6th April 1987. |