The panel for the Empire Bison faces the bench to the left of centre with the tree coming down behind it. The sun will be on it in the morning. To take this snap U pretty much had to stand with my back to the panel for the Severn Leigh, discussed separately.
For those interested, the building in the background is the former headquarters of the Port of London Authority and is now used regularly as a film set. To it's right is Trinity House, the headquarters of the organisation in control of lighthouses etc. Just round the corner from this is the original London base of Toc H, Tubby Clayton's hostel. I was a boy scout in the building during 1972-4 with 1st City of London, Lord Mayor's Own troop. We were a bunch of animals. All the kids bar me and few others lived on the dockers estates round the London dock. They were hard times as the docks were closing and immigrants were moving in, causing upheaval. Time moves on. I used to enjoy larking around the MN war memorial in those days...ignorance is bliss.
The Great WarMemorial (behind the camera) is a Lutyens design. It should have been built in a grander form up on the Embankment, but this would have entailed the removal of the Bazalgette gate, which offended many people. I've read that one reason was that the 'base sort' of people who would have used the memorial and the well-heeled would not agree with that.