Local Heroes - Your streets were their streets

The names of 197 local men who lost their lives in World War I are
inscribed on the bells of the Memorial Community Church in Plaistow. They are our local heroes

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Company Sergeant Major - North Staffordshire Regiment

Private - Essex Regiment

Seaman - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Regiment

Lance Corporal - Dorset Regiment

Use our interactive maps to see where our local heroes were born, lived, died and are now laid to rest.

Find out all about our unique bells, the story behind them and what makes them so special.