Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Chapel: Dedicated within church building
- District
- City Of London
- Town
- City of London
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 10 December 1925
Attended by: Dean of St Pauls
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 11706
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Current location
St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Churchyard
City of London
City Of London
Greater London
EC4M 8AD
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 32035 81148
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- In the Chapel of All Souls, Kitchener Room, canted corners which support broad ribs of vault. Tablet on west wall records creation of chapel as a memorial & framed scroll describes components of chapel. Ribs are ornamented with recess panels, alternately rectangular and square. They support an octagonally-framed centrepiece carved with oak leaves and acorns. 1920s furnishings with stone altar with frieze of putti and integral with it the reredos and a Pieta. Saints Michael and George flank tablet on west wall with recumbent marble effigy of Kitchener, in full military dress with a pillow supporting the head, placed before them. An incised tablet forming part of the wall stonework connects the statues of the saints standing sentinel at the head of the effigy. The carved Kitchener coat of arms depicts oak leaves and two horses either side of a coronet-capped shield; a motto THOROUGH is carved on a banner at its foot.
- Inscription
- (framed scroll) THE CHAPEL OF ALL SOULS/ The Chapel of All Souls was pre-/ sented to St. Pauls Cathedral by the/ Kitchener Memorial Committee as a/ permanent memorial to Lord Kitchener who/ lost his life in the sinking of the Hampshire/ in June 1916. The dominant idea of the/ Chapel is the spirit of sacrifice which char-/ acterised the great soldier whose memory/ it enshrines and which inspired the armies which/ rose at his call. The utmost importance, there/ fore, is given to the Pieta which represents the Sacrifice of the Death of Christ. The figures/ of the Warrior Saints [Saint Michael and/ Saint George], the recumbent figure of Lord/ Kitchener and the Pieta are all the work of/ Mr Reid Dick, R.A. In a recess in the North/ wall of the Chapel will be found the illum-/ inated Roll of Honour, containing the names/ of Royal Engineetrs of all ranks who gave/ their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918. The/ large silver candlesticks are of special note as/ they are wrought mainly from cups and/ other trophies won by members of the London/ Rifle Brigade who also fell in the war./ Grant them, O Lord, eternal rest/ and let perpetual light/ shine upon them. (tablet on wall at head of effigy): GLORY TO GOD/ IN THE HIGHEST/ THIS CHAPEL IS SET/ APART IN MEMORY OF F.M. EARL KITCHENER/ HIS MAJESTY,S SECRETARY/ OF STATE FOR WAR AND/ ALL OTHERS WHO FELL 1914-1918. (Effigy) MDCCCL. THE WHOLE WORLD IS THE TOMB OF/ A GREAT MAN AND/ HIS NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE MCMXVI
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,place of death,manner of death,occupation
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Figures
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Scroll
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper
- 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
- Yes
Purpose: The council of the Kitchener Memorial Fund had "provided 20 scholarships for one year for oversea soldiers and sailors who have been disabled in the war. These will be awarded to men who gave up their studies at the beginning of the war to join the C - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- St Paul's Cathedral Inventory inv no. 6089 descriptive scroll
- UKNIWM 61027 (altar) www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.61027/fromUkniwmSearch/1
- St Paul's Cathedral Inventory inv no. 6097. tablet on wall at head of effigy
- The Times 19 Jan 1918 p.9 col.f; 26 Feb. 1925 p.15 col.f ; 27 Feb. p15 col.f; 28 Feb. p.8 col.c; 2 Dec. p.14 col.b; 4 Dec., p.17 col. e;10 Dec. p.19 col f and p.20 col.a;11 Dec.1925 p.17 col.f
- St Paul's Cathedral Inventory inv no. 6090 effigy
- ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL by BURMAN, PETER P 153 Source: Image Library NIWM
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