Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of Westminster
Town
Charing Cross
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 24 May 1921
    Attended by: HRH THE DUKE OF YORK KG
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
39740

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Current location

Coutts and Co
The Strand
Charing Cross
City Of Westminster
Greater London
WC2R 0QS
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 30207 80565
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Original Coutts Building
    Strand
    Holborn
    City Of Westminster
    Greater London
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
In the main banking hall on the first floor two marble tablets. The upper WW1; Nowy-headed rectangular with an urn in the Nowy-head recess with two female figures flanking the main incised inscription. RH figure, helmeted and holding a sword; LH figure, cloaked. Names in three columns at the bottom. The lower WW2 tablet, rectangular with inscription, incised with names in three columns. Immediately beneath the two tablets a board with two medallions flanking the inscription. LH medallion the cenotaph and RH two female figures.
Inscription
WW1 tablet. "1914 - 1918 / IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THOSE WHO WENT FROM THIS / HOUSE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ AND RETURNED NOT / (24 names)". WW2 tablet. "1939 - 1945 / ERECTED BY THE PARTNERS AND STAFF OF COUTTS & CO / 440 STRAND LONDON/ (names) Board "THIS MEMORIAL / WAS UNVEILED ON / 24TH MAY 1921 / BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS / THE DUKE OF YORK K.G.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Atkinson, D K
Battershill, P L
Black, C R
Bloomfield, C H
Board, G W
Bowes, S W
Bulgin, A F
Burnham, H E
Coldwells, C A
Cook, A L
See details for all 48 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 24
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 24
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: Forename, surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 20
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 20
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: Forenam, surname
Components
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: depth 1500mm, height 1400mm, width 1900mm
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: depth 50mm, height 290mm, width 1030mm
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Board
    Measurements: depth 20mm, height 150mm, width 500mm
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
Reference
  • NOTE. The following four names, additional to those on the Coutts tablets, are of staff of the bank; Roberts, Curtis and Lubbock, taken over by Coutts in 1914. The plaque bearing their names can only be considered 'lost'. Names. Lubbock. The Hon. H. F. P. Croasdell. J M. Scrutchings. W T J. Thompson. C F J. Information provided by Isobel Long, Coutts archivist. 07-11-2017.
  • www.natwestgroupremembers.com/our-war-memorials/war-memorials/l/m16-london-coutts-and-co.html

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