Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tower Hamlets
- Town
- Canary Wharf
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11th November 1921
Attended by: RtHon R McKenna, Chairman of the Board - Rededicated
Date: 11 November 2002
Attended by: Sir John Bond - Rededicated
Date: 11th November 1993
Attended by: Rev David Burton Evans - Dedicated
Date: 11th November 1921
Attended by: Rev John Ellison MA, MVO, Rector of Cornhill St Michael - Show More (3)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1620
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Current location
Within a protected walkway near the east entrance at Upper Bank St.
HSBC Headquarters
8 Canada Square
Canary Wharf
Tower Hamlets
Greater London
E14 5HQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 37682 80341
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- HSBC Bank
Leadenhall Street
City of London
City Of London
Greater London
EC3
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 320 820
Denomination: Undefined - Midland Bank
Threadneedle Street
City of London
City Of London
Greater London
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- HSBC Bank
- Description
- Marble memorial with triangular pediment and names on fourteen panels below. Supported by bronze figures of St George on the left and the Recording Angel on the right.
- Inscription
- IN/ MEMORIAM/ 1914-1919/ A RECORD OF THOSE MEMBERS/ OF THE STAFF OF THE/ LONDON JOINT CITY & MIDLAND BANK/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adamson, Leonard
Adey, William T
Agutter, William D
Aird, William
Aitchison, Henry R
Allen, Arthur L
Allen, George E
Allison, George
Allison, Harry
Allott, George R
See details for all 717 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 717
Served and returned: 0
Died: 717
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, rank, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 3600mm, width 5400mm
Materials: Marble - Figures
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- London Joint City and Midland Bank WW1
- WMO ID: 223812
- Condition: Good [last updated on 08-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Responsibility
- HSBC Bank
- Reference
- Daily Telegraph 05 June 1993
- Luton Reporter 22nd November 1921
- St Pancras Record & West London News 26th November 1921
- West Cumberland Times 19/11/1921 page 6c
- Unidentified Newspaper/Magazine 16 September 1921
- The Shrewsbury Chronicle by N/A 18 November 1921 Source: Media Library Published:N/A Shrewsbury
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