Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of Westminster
Town
Belgravia
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 7 May 1948
    Attended by: HRH PRINCESS ALICE COUNTESS OF ATHLONE
  • Dedicated
    Date: 7 May 1948
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
40

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Current location

On the outside north wall of the church
St Paul's Church - Knightsbridge
Wilton Place
Belgravia
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1X 8SH
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 28099 79679
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Three tablets. The main tablet, WW2, Nowy-headed rectangular with F.A.N.Y. (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry) badge top centre. Above this a smaller WW1, rectangular tablet. Inscription on both tablets incised with black lettering. Below these a commemorative tablet.
Inscription
WW1 tablet: 1914 E. F. Shaw CdeG 1918 WW2 tablet: 1939 1945 / IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE / WOMEN'S TRANSPORT SERVICE (F.A.N.Y.) / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY. / (41 names) / W.T.S. (EAST AFRICA) / (11 names) / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. // Commemorative tablet : Odette M. C. HALLOWES GC, MBE, L d'H / 28 April 1912 - 13 March 1995 / Vice President of W.T.S. (F.A.N.Y.) / 1967 -1995 // Here she laid violets, / transforming into service the pain of her survival. //
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Anderson, M W
Austin, B M
Beekman, Y E M
Bloch, D
Boileau, E M
Borrel, A
Bradford, C M
Butler, M S
Byck, M
Callisher, A
See details for all 53 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename
    Order of information: initials, surname, decoration
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 52
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 52
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: regiment, initials, surname, decorations
    Order of information: regiment, surname
Components
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: depth 40mm, height 700mm, width 900mm
    Materials: Marble - White
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: depth 40mm, height 80mm, width 250mm
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • The Times 8 May 1948 pp.4 col.g, 8 (photo) Dedicated by the vicar, The Rev. E B Henderson. Princess Alice was Commandant-in-Chief of the Women`s Transport Service in WW2, when the vicarage, next to the church, was used as the HQ of FANY.
  • Local Publication/Booklet `The Shutter Telegraph` (Newsletter of The Royal Signals Museum)Vol.1 No.10 (March 2005) p.3 Article: `Lost at Sea: Signallers of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY)` A/Sgt Barbara Austin was one of the eight members of WTS (East Africa) killed when the troopship SS Khedive Ismael was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese sumarine in Feb. 1944.

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