Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Southwark
- Town
- Southwark
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company (Makers)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 82012
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Current location
Document Reference LBY 23172
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
Southwark
Southwark
Greater London
SE1 6HZ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 31387 79095
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Brixton Independent Church
Brixton Road
Brixton
Lambeth
Greater London
SW9
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Free Church of England
- Brixton Independent Church
- Description
- Richly illuminated Book of Remembrance executed in calligraphy. Hand drawn illuminated manuscript volume on vellum and parchment in a 32cm. oak casket within a 41cm. padded silk and velvet lined case. The book and the casket are ornamented in hallmarked silver, and both the book and the case have 'Goldsmiths' and Siversmiths' Company Ltd., 112 Regent St., London, W.' marked inside. The Brixton Independent Church was totally destroyed by enemy action in September, 1940 and the book and casket subsequently recovered from the debris (See also our references 76817 & 12123)
- Inscription
- In Memoriam/To The Glory of God/and in memory of those/Sailors and Soldiers/who serving the Right went/forth from our Church and our/Homes in the Great War 1914-/19 and laid down their lives for/their Friends/This Volume of grateful/Record is dedicated in Faith/in Hope, in Love/ [names on other pages]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 86
Served and returned: 0
Died: 86
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Book
Measurements: depth 88mm, height 276mm, width 215mm
Materials: Vellum, Parchment, Silver - Casket / Box
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Oak, Silver - Case
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Silver, Silk, Leather
- Book
- 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
- Brixton Independent Church WW1 Roll of Honour (Liber Vitae)
- WMO ID: 268628
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-12-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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