A community group has been granted permission to use the Diamond Jubilee logo and Queen Elizabeth II’s name on a church plaque.
The plaque will replace the one stolen in 2011 from the Ilford Methodist Church in Ilford Lane, Ilford.
It will commemorate the site where 200,000-year-old mammoth remains were discovered.
The replacement has been funded by the British Pakistani Christian Association.
Chairman Wilson Chowdhry said: “It’s the only plaque with the Queen’s name in Ilford South and will be a reminder to the local residents of this wonderful Diamond Jubilee year.”
The bones of the steppe mammoth are on display at the National History Museum.
The plaque will be installed on October 4 to mark World Animal Day as well as the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
Mr Chowdhury said: “We are celebrating a prehistoric animal which has put Redbridge on the map. It’s also the day of St Francis, so we thought we would combine the two.”
The plaque cost �450 and is made of a lighter alloy than the original in the hope it will not be stolen again.
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