Memorial
Stock Exchange - Boer War
Current Location
Stock Exchange (Former), 125, Broad Street, City of London, City Of London, Greater London, EC2N 1AR, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 32911 81627
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 11797
- Description
- Elaborate carved nowy-headed memorial with inscription above a bronze panel showing troops in action, beneath which, are the names. Designer's name below Fallen names.
- Inscription
- WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA / 1899-1902 / IN MEMORY OF / MEMBERS AND CLERKS OF THE / STOCK EXCHANGE / WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY / (23 NAMES) / Designed by MR. THOMAS BROCK. R.A., London.
- War
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Number Commemorated
- 23
- Died
- 23
- Information shown
- Surname, forename initials, rank, regiment
- Maker(s)
Sir Thomas Brock, R.A., Architect
- Maintenance History
- The original building of 1801 was replaced by a new building on the same site in 1972. The plaque is understood to have been placed for safe-keeping in a private garden and later the space left on the memorial was filled with some other commemoration.
Components
- Memorial
Made from: Marble
Condition: At Risk
- Plaque
Made from: Bronze
Condition: At Risk
- For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James p.139 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
- The Times 9 Nov. 1972 p.23 col.d; 26 March 1973 p.15 col.d. Royal opening of new building; Stock Exchange opened for business as a single exchange for the whole of the British Isles.