Memorial details

Memorial type
Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
District
City Of Westminster
Town
Westminster
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 22nd November 1922
    Attended by: HRH Prince of Wales KG
  • Dedicated
    Date: 22nd November 1922
    Attended by: Chaplain of the House of Commons
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
11453

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Current location

South wall of St Stephens Porch
overlooking Westminster Hall
Palace of Westminster
St. Margaret Street
Westminster
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1A 0AA
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 30203 79503
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Gothic screen formed by eight tablets incised with names. In centre is Recording Angel holding an endless scroll representing eternity, flanked by two small bronze figures representing Faith and Fortitude. Behind the Angel are the arms of England, Scotland, Ireland and England.
Inscription
(Names)/ (ON PLINTH BENEATH ANGEL): TO THE / MEMBERS & OFFICERS / OF BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT / AND THE / SONS OF MEMBERS & OFFICERS / OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS / WHO IN THE GREAT WAR / CONSUMMATED WITH THEIR LIVES THE / TRADITIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE / IN THE CAUSE OF / RIGHT & LIBERTY / THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED IN / HOMAGE & AFFECTION (Names) SONS OF MEMBERS OF / THE HOUSE OF COMMONS KILLED / (four panels) MEMBERS OF / THE HOUSE OF COMMONS KILLED / (four names, two died on service) // OFFICERS OF / THE HOUSE OF LORDS KILLED / (two names) // OFFICER OF / THE HOUSE OF COMMONS KILLED / (one name) SONS OF OFFICERS OF / THE HOUSE OF COMMONS KILLED / (eight names) THE SONS OF PEERS OF PARLIAMENT, AND OF / OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS WHO FELL IN THE / WAR ARE COMMEMORATED IN THE ROYAL GALLERY WHERE / THE HOUSE OF LORDS WAR MEMORIAL IS PLACED./ O FORTUNATA MORS, QUAE NATURAE DEBITA PRO PATRIA / EST POTISSIMUM REDDITA. EST ERGO EXSTRUCTA MOLES / INCISAEQUE LITTERAE, VIRTUTIS TESTES SEMPITERNAE NUNQUAM / DE VOBIS EORUM QUI VESTRUM VIDEBUNT MONUMENTUM / GRATISSIMUS SERMO CONTICESCET. ITA PRO MORTALI / CONDITIONE VITAE IMMORTALITATEM ESTIS CONSECUTI. / "CICERO XIV PHILIPIC" (TRANSLATION: Happy was your death. You paid for your fatherland and the / common debt that all men owe to nature. So this fabric is reared, and / the letters inscribed upon it, as eternal testimonies of your valour. / Those who look upon your monument will never cease to tell of / your deeds in words of gratitude. And so instead of the mortality / of human life you have obtained Immortality. "CICERO XIV PHILLIPIC")
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adamson, James C.
Ainsworth, J. Stirling
Anderson, C. Knox
Anderson, D. Knox
Annesley, Hon. Arthur
Arburthnot, Gerald
Arbuthnot, Gerald A.
Archdale, D. Mervyn
Asquith, Raymond
Balfour, Alan Scott
See details for all 102 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 146
    Served and returned: 5
    Died: 140
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames, occupation, decorations
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Screen
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Caen
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
History
October 2018- The name of Lieutenant Gerald Arburthnot, MP for Burnley Jan-Dec 1910 was added; POST WW2: GOTHIC ARCH SURMOUNTED BY ST GEORGE, WITH SAINTS ANDREW, PATRICK AND DAVID IN NICHES WAS REMOVED DUE TO DAMAGE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND PLACED INTO STORAGE
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Parliamentary Estates Directorate
Reference

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