Memorial

Middlesex Companies of Imperial Yeomanry

Source: Copyright Brian Mawdsley

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Current Location

St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard, City of London, City Of London, Greater London, EC4M 8AD, England

TQ 32035 81148

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 11723
Description: In the Crypt, Nelson Chamber, a freestone wall panel with a bronze centrepiece relief of an officer on horseback and 6 panels with rolls of names. The centrepiece, with arched top, represents a mounted Yeoman with a brimmed hat and cartridge holder across his chest. The brown freestone surround has a segmental arch and corresponding moulded border and below on a splayed base is the memorial inscription painted in gold. Below that is a bronze panel with lists of names, and a shield of arms at lower right. The memorial has a large apron bracket carved with a winged cupid, side panels inscribed with further lists of names (representing the World War I (1914-1918) and a separate inscribed panel on the wall below (representing World War II (1939-1945).
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES SERVING IN THE/MIDDLESEX COMPANIES OF IMPERIAL YEOMANRY/ IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1900-1902/ OF WHOM 55 FELL IN ACTION./ This Memorial was erected by their Comrades and Friends, 1906./ (names) left:MDCCCCXIV-MDCCCCXVIII/ IN MEMORY ... / OF THOSE OF THIS REGIMENT/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ ... right: MDCCCCXIV-MDCCCCXVIII/ .....