Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sculptured / Cast figure
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Belgravia
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MARTIN TRAVERS (Designer)
MARTIN TRAVERS (Makers)
Art restoration and conservation company Plowden & Smith, the statue was deinstalled and transported to their South London studio for treatment. (Undefined) - Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 88234
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Current location
In the Seven Sorrows Chapel
until 1927 (the church says 1937)
30
St Mary's Church
Bourne Street
Belgravia
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1W 8JJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 28249 78617
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Statue of Our Lady, Queen of Peace, made of timber and plaster with gold and platinum leaf. The crown can be removed to enable a veil to be worn, and there is a sunburst behind. In the entrance portico to the Church there is a nook with a blue porcelain head of Mary and beneath a small wooden-framed Roll of Honour scroll
- Inscription
- Roll of Honour: 1914-1918/[names in 2 columns]/R.I.P.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bowness, William
Cocks, Leonard
Edwards, William Ernest
Egerton, Louis Edwin
Farmer, Charles G E
Hay, John Reginald
Kimber, James
Lamb, Edward William
Mirsom, Robert
Nye, Henry Richard
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Plaster, Wood, Gold, Metal - Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Parchment - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood, Glass - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Porcelain
- Figure
- 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
- Our Lady of Peace
- WMO ID: 261773
- Condition: Good [last updated on 06-03-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2019- War Memorials Trust grant of £2,490 to restore the statue- cleaning including removal of metallic paint, repair and consolidation of damaged surfaces, features regilded with platinum or 23.5 carat gold as required
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- War Memorials Trust Bulletin 84, February 2020, page 9
- Sculpture Restoration: The Conservation of Our Lady of Peace by Plowden & Smith | Dec 16, 2019 www.plowden-smith.com/our-lady-of-peace/
- Anglican and Episcopal History, Vol. 70, No. 3 (September 2001), pp. 399-401 Review: St. Mary's Bourne Street London These were designed by the baroque revivalist Martin Travers (1883-1947) and remain the focal points of the interior of the church. He also designed the statue of Our Lady of Peace in a shrine on the north wall. This was completed as a memorial to World War I.
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