Memorial

Kew Guild Members And Royal Botanic Gardens Staff

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INSIDE THE TEMPLE OF ARETHUSA, Kew Gardens, Kew Road, Kew, Richmond Upon Thames, Greater London, TW8 8QE, England

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TQ 18799 76910

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 12518
Description: Rectangular headed plaque with a King's Crown top centre and a floral border. The First World War names are in raised lettering in three columns above the Second World War names which are also in raised lettering in three columns. The plaque is mounted on the back wall of the garden's classical Temple of Arethusa, which was designed by Sir William Chambers for Princess Augusta and built in 1758. Arethusa was a mythical Greek nymph who was turned into a spring of water.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND ON HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEMBERS OF / THE KEW GUILD AND STAFF / OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GDNS KEW / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 / (Names) / FLOREAT KEW / 1939 - 1945 / (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 37
Died: 37
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename,decorations
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 14
Died: 14
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename,decorations

History

Maker(s): SIR ROBERT LORIMER, Designer
Costs: £150
Sponsor Type: corporate

Ceremonies

Unveiled

25 May 1921

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Conservation

Custodian: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN TRUSTEES

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Kew Guild Members And Royal Botanic Gardens Staff

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