Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Strand
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 27 January 1924
Attended by: HRH Prince of Wales KG - Rededicated
Date: 25 July 2002
Attended by: Bishop of London - Dedicated
Date: 27 January 1924
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Willesden - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2814
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Current location
On terrace overlooking the river
Somerset House
Riverside Terrace
Strand
City Of Westminster
Greater London
WC2R 1LA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 30759 80739
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Cubical base with pillar surmounted by an urn and ornamented with laurel wreaths. Pillar has the King's and regimental colors on opposite sides. On either side are painted stone-work flags - regimental colors and the Union flag.
- Inscription
- (North face): MCMXIV/ THIS COLUMN/ WAS ERECTED/ BY THE 15TH/ COUNTY/ OF LONDON/ BATTALION/ THE LONDON/ REGIMENT/ PRINCE OF WALES/ OWN/ CIVIL SERVICE/ RIFLES (South face): MCMXIX/ IN MEMORY/ OF THE/ 1240 WHO FELL/ WHILE SERVING/ WITH/ THE REGIMENT/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ THEIR NAMES/ ARE RECORDED/ ON A SCROLL/ PLACED WITHIN/ THIS COLUMN/ ALSO IN MEMORY/ OF MEMBERS/ OF THE CIVIL SERVICE/ CADET BATTALION (ON BASE): FESTUBERT/ LOOS/ SOMME 1918/ COURCHFLETTE/ DOIRN 1917/ LYS KEMMEL/ GAZA/ NEBISAMIWIL/ JERUSALEM/ ST QUENTIN/ ALBERT 1918/ ANCRE 1918/ BAPAUME 1918/ SELLE/ TRANSLOY/ YPRES 1917 1918/ MESSINES 1917 1918/ CAMBRAI 1917
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ablett, Albert
Acworth, Gordon William
Adams, Alfred Andrew
Aish, George
Albutt, George Lewis
Alexander, David Fraser
Allan, Robert Campbell
Ambrose, Bernard
Ames, Alfred James
Amey, Henry James
See details for all 1239 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Urn
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland - Column
Measurements: height 4900MM
Materials: Stone - Portland - Base
Measurements: depth 4500MM, height 4500MM, width 4500MM
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Urn
- Listing information
- The Civil Service Rifles War Memorial
- Grade II*
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Prince of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles,15th Bn London Regt
- WMO ID: 119794
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 05-06-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Memorial was moved from quadrangle of Somerset House to the river side terrace
- Costs
Memorial: £750
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
Details: MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE - Reference
- London Remembers: www.londonremembers.com/memorials/somerset-house-war-memorial
- Carter Postcard Collection
- STAND TO! pp53-56/ September 2012 Published:WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION 'Remembering the Great War on the Victoria Embankment, London', by Ray Westlake
- Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_House#20th-century_modifications
- War Memorials Online: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/119794/
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