Memorial

Great Eastern Railway

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Fixed to the west face of the former Great Eastern Hotel, at the upper concourse level of the station, Liverpool Street Railway Station, Liverpool Street, City of London, City Of London, Greater London, EC2M 7QH, England

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TQ 33213 81726

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 11787
Description: Large ornately sculpted memorial, comprising 1220 names in black metal lettering on white marble panels, surmounted by a broken segmental pediment, the tympanum of which contains the coloured crest of the Great Eastern Railway within a wreath of laurel leaves, flanked by sheaves of flowers and leaves. At the centre of frieze above the names panels is a white marble panel, bearing the dedicatory inscription. It is flanked on each side by three black marble panels, at the centre of which is rosette, in high-relief. The names panels are flanked on each side by fluted Roman Doric columns, with a spiralling carved wreath of laurel leaves. At the foot of the columns, the white marble pedestal incorporates five recessed panels of black marble, the central one inscribed with the dates 1914-1919. Since being moved to its current location in the 1990s, the WW1 memorial is fixed above a large five-panelled white marble base, inset with four plain black marble panels. Fixed to the centre of the base is a relief-cast bronze portrait of Captain Charles Fryatt, which flanked on its right by a marble-clad lift door, and on its left by a relief-cast portrait of Field Marshall Sir Henry William Bart. [The large stone panel, carved 'GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY' in high-relief, which is fixed to the wall about a metre above this memorial, is a separate entity; it was moved to its present location following the demolition of Harwich House].
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THSE MEMBERS OF THE/ GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY STAFF WHO, IN RESPONSE TO THE CALL OF THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY, SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ 1914-1919

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1220
Died: 1220
Information shown: surname
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: Details of name list not known/partially known

History

Maker(s): Farmer and Brindley, Sculptor
Costs: £3326
Maintenance History: 13/10/2022: Historic England published an article re its ‘deep concern over Liverpool Street Station redevelopment plans'.// 5/12/2022: The memorial was Grade II Listed by Historic England (List Entry Number 1483817).// Moved c1990-91 from original site in the booking hall to a wall above the main concourse when the station was re-developed. Memorials to Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson (109273 and to Captain Charles Fryatt (11789) were also relocated here.

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Great Eastern Railway

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