Anti-Air War Memorial

Pankhurst held strong pacifist and anti-war beliefs as a result of witnessing Zeppelin raids by the German Empire on London during World War I. In 1979, the memorial was given a Grade II heritage listing in recognition of its special historic interest, under the name "Anti-Abyssinian War Memorial"; the record was corrected at the time of the restoration in 2014. In the 1980s, the memorial became a focus for anti-nuclear activists and an annual Peace Picnic was held there. In 1996 the stone bomb was stolen from the top of the memorial and later recovered by police in Epping Forest. It was repaired and returned to its plinth, with all costs covered by the Borough of Redbridge and Pankhurst's…

The memorial is in the form of a plinth topped by a pyramid, on which a stone bomb is mounted, as if it had fallen vertically onto the tip of the pyramid. It was designed by the sculptor Eric Benfield. The memorial was built on land owned by Pankhurst opposite the home she shared with Silvio Corio, Red Cottage. In 1939 the cottage was demolished and four houses were built on the land; in 2009 a local developer demolished those houses and replaced them with apartment buildings. However, the memorial has remained intact throughout these redevelopments.