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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Westminster
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Maker
- SIR JOHN NINIAN COMPER RA (Designer)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 12 Nov 1952
Attended by: Archbishop of Canterbury
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 11439
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Current location
On south wall of St Stephen's Porch
above WW1 memorial screen and overlooking Westminster Hall
Palace of Westminster
Westminster
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1A 0AA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 301 797
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Large Gothic stained glass window with royal coat of arms in the centre, surrounded by the regimental badges, personal coats of arms or initials of peers, MPs, and parliamentary officers killed in action or by enemy bombs at home.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alington, Lord
Apsley, Lord
Arundell Of Wardour, Lord
Auckland, Lord
Aylsford, Earl Of
Baldwin-webb, J
Bernays, Rh
Brabner, Ra
Brabourne, Lord
Braybrooke, Lord
See details for all 63 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- Window
- 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
- History
- Restorative work was done between 1982 and 1984 as part of wider restoration on Westminster Hall.
- Costs
Comments: £2500 was raised by current and former parliamentarians; the remainder of the cost was paid by HM Treasury.
Memorial: £10,000- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public,other
- Responsibility
- Parliamentary Estates Directorate
- Reference
- The Times 13 Nov 1952, p.3.
- Parliament
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