The Meaning of the East Ham Crest.
From an old copy of the "Official Guide" to East
Ham.
"The Arms of the Borough, designed in 1896 by Mr. H.W. Savage, M.Inst.C.E., then Surveyor to the Council, bear the legend Progressio Cum Populo - Progress with the People - and are intended to represent the contrast between the Hame of Norman times when East Ham belonged to one Lord and the rapidly growing commercial centre of today. The original owners - the Norman family of Montfichet - are represented by the crozier which occupies one half of the shield, William de Montfichet being the founder of the Abbey of Stratford Langthorne in the twelfth century. The torches on the shield represent the gas making industry at Beckton and the ship in full sail represents the docks, from whence cargoes go to all parts of the world. The rising sun is typical of the ascending of East Ham which within a few years developed with rapidity."
Versions of the School cap over the years, all using the East Ham crest.
1930s EHGS cap, worn by Jimmy Lambert, NZ, EHGS 1931-36, on a UK visit July 2002
A Gainsboro' House prefects' cap, circa 1950 worn by David Weisbaum/Weston in March 2001
Purcell House School Badge