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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Westminster
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Maker
- William M Gardner ARCA (Writer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 14 Dec 1949
Attended by: Speaker of the House of Commons - Douglas Clifton-Brown
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9639
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Current location
In the Lower Waiting Hall
Palace of Westminster
Westminster
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1A 0AA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 30264 79524
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Book with sixteen pages of calfskin vellum inscribed in red and black with small gold portcullis in the top left corner of each page. Cover is white goatskin alumed vellum with a gold portcullis of Westminster on the cover. Book is in a small wooden glass-topped display case.
- Inscription
- (unknown but includes Timothy 6:20): 'Keep that which is committed to thy trust'/ Names
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 57
Served and returned: 0
Died: 57
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename,decorations
Order of information: surname - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 57
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 57
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Book
Measurements: height 350 mm, width 275 mm
Materials: Vellum
- 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
- Costs
Site: None
Comments: Subscription by MPs, former MPs and the Speaker's Art Fund
Memorial: c £130- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Responsibility
- Parliamentary Estates Directorate
- Reference
- The Times 15 Dec 1949.
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