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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Westminster
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 19 October 1926
Attended by: HRH Edward, Prince of Wales KG (later King Edward VIII)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 47942
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Current location
In St George's Chapel (the chapel was called the chapel of the Holy Cross or Warriors chapel in 1926).
Westminster Abbey
Deans Yard
Westminster
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1P 3PA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 30073 79401
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- SHIELDS OF SOME ALLIED COUNTRIES ARE AT THE TOP OF THE TABLET WITH THE INSCRIPTION UNDERNEATH.
- Inscription
- Post WW2 (current) Inscription: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE DEAD/ OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE/ WHO FELL IN THE TWO WARS/ 1914 AND 1939/ THEY DIED/ IN EVERY QUARTER/ OF THE EARTH AND/ ON ALL ITS SEAS/ AND THEIR GRAVES ARE/ MADE SURE TO THEM/ BY THEIR KIN/ THE MAIN HOST/ LIE BURIED IN THE LANDS/ OF OUR ALLIES OF THE WAR/ WHO HAVE SET ASIDE/ THEIR RESTING PLACES/ IN HONOUR/ FOR EVER/ 1914 - 1918 Original Inscription: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THE MEMORY OF/ ONE MILLION DEAD/ OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ THEY DIED/ IN EVERY QUARTER/ OF THE EARTH AND/ ON ALL ITS SEAS/ AND THEIR GRAVES ARE/ MADE SURE TO THEM/ BY THEIR KIN/ THE MAIN HOST/ LIE BURIED IN THE LANDS/ OF OUR ALLIES OF THE WAR/ WHO HAVE SET ASIDE/ THEIR RESTING PLACES/ IN HONOUR/ FOR EVER/ 1914 - 1918
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- 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 - Second World War (1939-1945)
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
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
Details: Imperial (later Commonwealth) War Graves Commission - Reference
- CWGC Annual Report 19 February 1927; 1929 7th Annual Report; 9th Annual Report
- Image of the memorial- www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/war-dead-1914-1918
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Our Blog ukniwm.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/million-citizens-of-the-british-empire/
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