• IntroductionThe City, East London and metropolitan EssexWar shrines: the origins of the war memorials movementWar memorials in places of worship: seeking solace in religionThe alternative bonds of community: war memorials in placesof work, schools, colleges and clubsCivic war memorials: public pride and private griefLaying the foundations, 1919-1921The years rich in imagery, 1922-1929The years of flux, 1930-1935Into battle, 1936-1939The East End Jewish ex-service movementEpilogueBibliography

Local historians will relish the way contrasting case studies are developed as a powerful means of analysis, using an array of sources including newspapers, council records, church, school, business and hospital archives, parish and political magazines and pamphlets, memoirs and oral histories, photos and war memorials..A provocative and important book.it remains a valuable read.

• IntroductionThe City, East London and metropolitan EssexWar shrines: the origins of the war memorials movementWar memorials in places of worship: seeking solace in religionThe alternative bonds of community: war memorials in placesof work, schools, colleges and clubsCivic war memorials: public pride and private griefLaying the foundations, 1919-1921The years rich in imagery, 1922-1929The years of flux, 1930-1935Into battle, 1936-1939The East End Jewish ex-service movementEpilogueBibliography

Local historians will relish the way contrasting case studies are developed as a powerful means of analysis, using an array of sources including newspapers, council records, church, school, business and hospital archives, parish and political magazines and pamphlets, memoirs and oral histories, photos and war memorials..A provocative and important book.it remains a valuable read.

• IntroductionThe City, East London and metropolitan EssexWar shrines: the origins of the war memorials movementWar memorials in places of worship: seeking solace in religionThe alternative bonds of community: war memorials in placesof work, schools, colleges and clubsCivic war memorials: public pride and private griefLaying the foundations, 1919-1921The years rich in imagery, 1922-1929The years of flux, 1930-1935Into battle, 1936-1939The East End Jewish ex-service movementEpilogueBibliography

Local historians will relish the way contrasting case studies are developed as a powerful means of analysis, using an array of sources including newspapers, council records, church, school, business and hospital archives, parish and political magazines and pamphlets, memoirs and oral histories, photos and war memorials..A provocative and important book.it remains a valuable read.