TQ3281 : Memorial to Harry Sisley aged ten in Postman's Park
taken 6 years ago, near to City of London, The City of London, England
Memorial to Harry Sisley aged ten in Postman's Park
Postman's Park opened in 1880 on the site of the former churchyard and burial ground of St Botolph's Aldersgate Church.
Postman's Park acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby old General Post Office. It is home to the famous 'Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice', built in 1900 by Victorian painter and philanthropist G.F. Watts (1817-1904) - see Link (Archive Link )
The words on Watts' own plaque explain that "It contains plaques to those who have heroically lost their lives trying to save another. Watts believed that these everyday heroes provided models of exemplary behaviour and character." - see Link
This tablet to ten year old Harry Sisley is part of the memorial. See the complete Wikipedia entry for Postman's Park and the Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice at Link
More about the heroics of young Harry Sisley can be read at Link
These sculptures, above the portico of the Bank of England, were the work of Sir Charles Wheeler - part of a set depicting 'Creators and Guardians of Wealth' - for Sir Herbert Baker's reconstruction of the Bank edifice between the World Wars.