Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of Westminster
Town
Covent Garden
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War - civilians
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
65964

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Current location

Placed on a doorway on the northern side of the church
facing the gate into the Market.
St Paul's Church
Bedford St
Covent Garden
City Of Westminster
Greater London
WC2E 9ED
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 30310 80860
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A doorway with two bronze plaques with dedication. A stone cross, inscribed 1914 - 1918, is on the wall above it.
Inscription
PRAISE GOD FOR/ EDWARD HENRY/ MOSSE/ RECTOR OF/ THIS CHURCH/ WHO WAS KILLED/ IN AN AIR RAID/ IN THE/ EARLY MORNING/ OF THE/ XXIX JANUARY/ A.D. MCMXVIII/ WHILE MINSITERING/ TO HIS PEOPLE/ AND FOR THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO DIED FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR IN THEIR MEMORY/ THE GATE/ HAS BEEN MADE/ INTO THE/ CHURCHYARD/ FROM/ COVENT GARDEN/ MARKET/ AND THIS DOORWAY/ MOVED FROM/ THE SOUTH VESTRY/ AND THE CROSS/ PLACED/ ABOVE THIS DOOR/ GRANT THEM O LORD/ ETERNAL REST/ AND LET/ PERPETUAL LIGHT/ SHINE UPON THEM
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Mosse, Edward Henry
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Commemorations
  • First World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Other
Reference
  • The 'Baby Killers': German Air Raids on Britain in the First World War, Thomas Fegan (2002), pp. 95-97.

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