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
- 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
See details - 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
- First World War - civilians
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaque
- 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 - 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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