It was constructed in the Byzantine style with a domed auditorium and two towers,[3] and was dedicated to men from the local community and the congregation who had died in World War I.

One bears the name of Prince Maurice of Battenberg, the only member of the British royal family killed in action in the "Great" War, and one is dedicated to the Unknown Warrior.

The bells were dedicated in 1926 at a service including a performance by the baritone Kennerley Rumford.

In the New Year Honours of 1938, Robert Rowntree Clifford's wife, Hettie, received the OBE for her efforts as superintendent of the women's work of the Mission.

[5] In 1978, a new trust deed changed the name of the Mission to Memorial Baptist Church Plaistow.