Skip to main content

    War MemorialsRegister

    • Home
    • Search Memorials
    • Search Names
    • Help
    Imperial War Museums LogoImperial War Museums home
    • About
      • About us
      • Submit a photograph
      • Volunteering
    • Legal
      • Accessibility Statement
      • Cookies
      • Copyright
      • Privacy
      • Terms of use

    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    Captain Charles Fryatt

    Source: Copyright Peter Alhadeff

    1/6

    Current Location

    Liverpool Street Railway Station, Liverpool Street, City of London, City Of London, Greater London, EC2M 7QH, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 33213 81726

    View location on Google Maps

    Names listed on this memorial

    Contribute to the War Memorials Register

    Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.

    Contribute now

    This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.

    © WMR-11789

    To share information or photographs, contact us.

    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    11789
    Description
    Marble tablet with bronze relief of Captain Fryatt.
    Inscription
    TO THE MEMORY OF/ CAPTAIN CHARLES FRYATT/ JULY 27TH 1916/ FROM THE NEUTRAL ADMIRERS OF HIS BRAVE/ CONDUCT AND HEROIC DEATH/ THE NETHERLANDS SECTION OF THE LEAGUE /OF NEUTRAL STATES JULY 27TH 1917.
    War
    First World War - civilians
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname,rank, date of death, forename
    Maker(s)
    • H.T.H VAN GOLBERDINGE, Sculptor

    Sponsor Type
    other

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    27 July 1917

    Components

    Tablet

    Made from: Marble - White


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1483817

    Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the staff of the Great Eastern Railway Company, and the sacrifices they made in the First World War. Architectural interest: * as a major company war memorial of clear quality, carrying its original memorial inscriptions and integrating well-executed memorial busts of Captain Charles Fryatt and Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson Bart, designed respectively by Van Golberdinge and C L Hartwell. Group value: * with Liverpool Street Station, within which it is prominently positioned at upper concourse level, and with the former Great Eastern Hotel, to which it is attached.

    Relief

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Unknown


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1483817

    Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the staff of the Great Eastern Railway Company, and the sacrifices they made in the First World War. Architectural interest: * as a major company war memorial of clear quality, carrying its original memorial inscriptions and integrating well-executed memorial busts of Captain Charles Fryatt and Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson Bart, designed respectively by Van Golberdinge and C L Hartwell. Group value: * with Liverpool Street Station, within which it is prominently positioned at upper concourse level, and with the former Great Eastern Hotel, to which it is attached.

    • Great Eastern Railway Magazine Nov. 1917 p.248
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fryatt
    • "Great Eastern Railway War Memorial, Liverpool Street Station." Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1483817. Accessed 28 June 2024.