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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Westminster
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- EDWARD NEVINSON (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 3rd December 1920
Attended by: MR HERBERT H ASQUITH
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 47311
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Current location
In the atrium
2
Home Office
Marsham St
Westminster
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1P 2BW
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 29938 79016
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Home Office
Queen Annes Gate
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1H 9AT
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 301 798
Denomination: Undefined - Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Whitehall
Westminster
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1A
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 298 788
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Home Office
- Description
- Alabaster Tablet framed in marble-there is a top central dedication tablet, 2 tablets side by side for the names, and a bottom central epitaph tablet.
- Inscription
- THIS MEMORIAL IS INSCRIBED WITH THE/ NAMES OF THE MEN FROM THE HOME OFFICE/ WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ SUCH IS THE CITY FOR WHICH THESE MEN SINCE THEY/ DISDAINED TO BE ROBBED OF IT VALIANTLY FIGHTING HAVE DIED/ AND IT IS FIT THAT EVERY MAN OF YOU THAT IS LEFT SHOULD/ BE LIKE-MINDED TO UNDERGO TRAVAIL FOR THE SAME
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, John
Bonell, Herbert
Buchanan, David
Calder, Gilbert
Charlton, John
Clark-gordon Field, Alfred
Clark-kennedy, Alexander
Cross, William
Ellis, Arnold
Evans, Lawrence
See details for all 42 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 42
Served and returned: 0
Died: 42
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames
Order of information: rank THEN surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Alabaster - Frame
Measurements: depth 60mm, height 2180mm, width 1240mm
Materials: Marble - White - Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Alabaster - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Alabaster
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Photograph & further details-warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=8652&mforum=warmemscot
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