East Tilbury: Bata Shoe Company War Memorial
Introduction
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East Tilbury: Bata Shoe Company War Memorial
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 20 Oct 2016
Please see Glyn Baker's Image] for a view in the opposite direction, and his Image] for a view of the inscription. Since Tomáš Baťa only founded his shoe production factory here in 1932, the Memorial only commemorates World War II deaths. Since Glyn's 2011 photograph the railings around the memorial plinth have been removed.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.478945
Longitude
0.419617