Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Kensington And Chelsea
- Town
- South Kensington
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 8 June 1922
Attended by: LT GEN SIR A HUNTER WESTON KCB DSO
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 53011
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Current location
Ground floor lobby of Mechanical Engineering department.
Formerly in City and Guilds College
which was demolished in 1962.
Imperial College
Exhibition Rd
South Kensington
Kensington And Chelsea
Greater London
SW7 2BP
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 270 790
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Tall memorial headed by badge of City of London, followed by names in two columns. Small additional inscription at base to five members of staff.
- Inscription
- 1914 1919/ TO THE MEMORY OF THE/ STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF THE STAFF/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 197
Served and returned: 0
Died: 197
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- 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
- History
- Originally there was a small additional tablet at the base with five names of staff members.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Unveiling Programme/ Order of Service 8 June 1922.
- Flickr
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