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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Westminster
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- VC or GC Recipients
- Maker
- Rachel Foster (Designer)
Marcus Cornish (Sculptor)
ESCAPE (Builder)
MR RICHARD KINDERSLEY (Artist)
LIAM O'CONNOR (Architect) - Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 02 Nov 2004
Attended by: Deputy Chaplain General of the Forces
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9410
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Current location
In the ground floor Pillared Hall
Ministry of Defence
Whitehall
Westminster
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1A 2HB
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 30199 80191
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- The stained glass window designed to compliment the surroundings in the Pillared Hall depicts the medals with inscription beneath. A quotation from Pericles is inside a wreath and texts from Queen Victoria and King George are beneath the medals with poppies on either side. In front of the window is a tall bronze sculpture from which a serviceman emerges depicting leadership and selfless courage.
- Inscription
- THEY FLED/ ONLY FROM DISHONOUR/ BUT NOT DANGER/ FACE TO FACE THE VICTORIA CROSS/ TO BE AWARDED TO/ THOSE OFFICERS & MEN/ WHO HAVE SERVED US/ IN THE PRESENCE OF/ THE ENEMY AND SHALL/ THERE HAVE PERFORMED/ SOME SINGLE ACT OF/ VALOUR OR DEVOTION/ TO THEIR COUNTRY THE GEORGE CROSS/ FOR ACTS/ OF GREAT HONOUR/ OR OF/ THE MOST/ CONSPICUOUS/ COURAGE/ IN CIRCUMSTANCES/ OF EXTREME/ DANGER/ KING GEORGE VI
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- VC or GC Recipients
- Components
- Window
Measurements: height 300mm, width 160mm
Materials: Stained Glass - Sculpture
Measurements: height 4800mm
Materials: Bronze
- Window
- 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
- Costs
Comments: Funded by Amey plc, Skanska (contractors for the refurbishment of the building), the Nuffield Foundation, and the VC and GC Association
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- news.mod.uk - News Archive - Press Notice No. 154/2004 - 2November 2004
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