Historical Markers and War Memorials in Hackney, England

Courtesy of Martin Sugarman

Barnett Lewis Marker

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1 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Hackney — Barnett Lewis —

At 9 Brooke Rd., lived Air Raid Warden BARNETT LEWIS (GM) George Medal Jewish War Hero September 23, 1940, at extreme personal risk, he saved many civilians during the Blitz. Be strong and of good courage. (Joshua . . . — — Map (db m201654) HM WM

2 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Hackney — Captain Lionel Lee, MC, Cr. de Guerre — In Memory of WW2 Jewish War Hero —

British Secret Agent for the Special Operations Executive (SOE), born and brought up in Hackney. Deployed to Corsica and France on two missions, he was betrayed then murdered by the Nazis at the Gross Rosen death camp in 1944. He has no known . . . — — Map (db m231217) HM WM

3 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Hackney — Holy Trinity Hoxton War Memorial —

Remember in Your Prayers and in Your Lives, the Men, Women and Children of This Congregation and Parish Who Died in the Wars. 1914 — 1918 On Active Service George Amor · Arthur Arundel · George Appleby · Albert Beer · William . . . — — Map (db m118722) WM

4 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Hackney — Hoxton Jewish Cemetery —

On the site of this College, formerly Shoreditch and Hoxton Schools, once stood the Hoxton Jewish cemetery, burial ground of the old Hambro Synagogue in the City, from 1707 till 1960. The remains were transferred to the West Ham Jewish . . . — — Map (db m229343) HM

5 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Hackney — Linale House —

Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch Linale House The First Block of Flats to be Erected On The Wenlock Barn Estate Was Opened By His Worship The Mayor Of Shoreditch (Alderman R.G. Linale J.P.) On the 10th September 1949 Chairman of . . . — — Map (db m118721) HM

6 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Hackney — Operation Mincemeat —

The Hackney Mortuary played an important role in a British military operation during the Second World War (1939-1945), which helped save the lives of thousands of soldiers. In April 1943 Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu CBE KC RNVR, a British . . . — — Map (db m185958) HM

7 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Hackney — Sir Arnold Wesker —

Sir Arnold Wesker famed Jewish playwrite and author, lived many years in Hackney, and attended Northwold Primary School 1940-1943 — — Map (db m201679) HM

8 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Hackney, Clapton — Lt. Col. Leo Genn, RA, Croix de Guerre —

Jewish Prosecutor - Belsen War Crimes Trials Famous actor and soldier (1905-78) was born in this house …שמחה לצדיק עשות משפט When . . . — — Map (db m229475) HM

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9 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Hackney, Dalston — The 43 Group —

This Ridley Road plaque marks a key site where the mainly Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women anti-Fascist organization The 43 Group Confronted the British neo-fascist movement in 1946-50 and early 1960s to rid Britain of anti-Semitism and all . . . — — Map (db m237802) HM