Memorial
Home Office WW1
Current Location
In the atrium, Home Office, 2, Marsham St, Westminster, City Of Westminster, Greater London, SW1P 2BW, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 29938 79016
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 47311
- Description
- Alabaster Tablet framed in marble-there is a top central dedication tablet, 2 tablets side by side for the names, and a bottom central epitaph tablet.
- Inscription
- THIS MEMORIAL IS INSCRIBED WITH THE/ NAMES OF THE MEN FROM THE HOME OFFICE/ WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ SUCH IS THE CITY FOR WHICH THESE MEN SINCE THEY/ DISDAINED TO BE ROBBED OF IT VALIANTLY FIGHTING HAVE DIED/ AND IT IS FIT THAT EVERY MAN OF YOU THAT IS LEFT SHOULD/ BE LIKE-MINDED TO UNDERGO TRAVAIL FOR THE SAME
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 42
- Died
- 42
- Information shown
- surname, rank, regiment, forenames
- Order of names
- rank THEN surname
- Maker(s)
EDWARD NEVINSON, Sculptor
Ceremonies
Unveiled
3rd December 1920
MR HERBERT H ASQUITH
Previous Location(s)
Home Office, Queen Annes Gate, City Of Westminster, Greater London, SW1H 9AT, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 301 798
Year of move
2005
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, Westminster, City Of Westminster, Greater London, SW1A, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 298 788
Components
- Tablet
Made from: Alabaster
Condition: Good
- Frame
Height: 2180mm
Width: 1240mm
Depth: 60mm
Made from: Marble - White
Condition: Good
- Plaques / Panels with names
Made from: Alabaster
Condition: Good
- Tablet
Made from: Alabaster
Condition: Good
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