Memorial
Baltic Exchange - WW1 and WW2
Current Location
Baltic Exchange, St Mary Axe, City of London, City Of London, Greater London, EC3A 8EX, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 33312 81315
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 62050
- Description
- Marble tablets associated with stained glass memorial (reference11657). Marble frieze with dedicatory inscription at foot of windows, beneath which is a metal plaque with quotation from 'In Flanders Fields' above the door, to each side of which is a marble tablet with names. There is a cartouche to the left of the plaque with a device, and one to the right with with shiled of the City of London.
- Inscription
- At foot of windows: IN MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BALTIC (sic) WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE ... Above the door: WE ARE THE DEAD, TO YOU WITH FAILING HANDS;/ WE THROW THE TORCH. BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH. Tablets: (Names)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 61
- Died
- 61
- Additional Information
- Details of name list not known/partially known
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Additional Information
- Details of name list not known/partially known
Components
- Tablets
Made from: Marble
Condition: Unknown
- Plaque
Made from: Metal
Condition: Unknown
- The Times 17 July 1920 p.9 col.e Unveiling ceremony of tablets: the windows would not be complete for 15 months.
- The Times 2 June 1922 p.5 Unveiling ceremony of window.