Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sculptured / Cast figure
- District
- Camden
- Town
- Bloomsbury
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Sir Jacob Epstein (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 27 March 1958
Attended by: Mr Tom Yates, Chairman of the T.U.C.
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 58332
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Current location
In the central courtyard
Congress house
23 Great Russell St
Bloomsbury
Camden
Greater London
WC1B 3LS
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 29940 81476
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A sculpture of a figure holding a corpse, hewn from a ten-ton block of roman stone. Commemorates trade unionists who lost their lives their lives in two world wars. Unveiled at the official opening of the new T.U.C. headquarters.
- Inscription
- (None)
- 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
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Figure
- Listing information
- CONGRESS HOUSE INCLUDING FORECOURT AND COURTYARD SCULPTURES
- 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
- Trade Union Victims of Two World Wars - The Spirit of Trade Unionism
- WMO ID: 67618
- Condition: Good [last updated on 07-04-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Buildings of England series by Various 266/ 1998 Volume on London 4 North
- Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Monday 24 March 1958 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000378/19580324/032/0003 SCULPTURE WILL BE T.U.C. WAR MEMORIAL
- Other website Infed www.infed.org/walking/wa-tuc.htm
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