Memorial
Gas Light And Coke Company - WW1 And WW2 Plaques
Current Location
GL Industrial Services UK Ltd, Holywell Park, Loughborough, Charnwood, Leicestershire, LE11 3GR, England
OS Grid Reference
SK 509 181
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 18073
- Description
- A white stone pillar; cornice and frieze at the top; two bronze plaques on the face. The upper plaque, re WW1, has a winged figure of St George in relief and inscription in raised upright Roman lettering, with the names listed in ten columns.The lower plaque, re WW2, has the coloured coat of arms of the Gas Light and Coke Co at top left, and inscription in raised upright Roman lettering, listing the names in ten columns.
- Inscription
- Upper plaque: THESE MEN DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ (Names)/ 1914-1919/ THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY Lower plaque: TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE/ COMPANY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR/ OF 1939-45 REQUIESCANT IN PACE/ (names)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 549
- Died
- 549
- Information shown
- Surname, initials
- Order of names
- Listed alphabetically by surname.
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 402
- Died
- 402
- Information shown
- Surname, initials.
- Order of names
- Listed alphabetically by surname
- Maintenance History
- Memorial is Grade II Listed and within Imperial Square and Gasworks Conservation Area.
Previous Location(s)
Adjacent to former Chief Engineer's Office and opposite former Research Laboratory., Fulham Gas Works, Sands End Lane, Sands End, Fulham, Hammersmith And Fulham, Greater London, SW6, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 259 768
Components
- Pillar
Height: c 2400mm
Width: c 1400mm
Depth: c 400mm
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- Plaques
Height: c 600mm
Width: c 1200mm
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
- L.B. Hammersmith & Fulham Conservation Area No 6 Imperial Square & Gasworks Character Profile (Approved 8th March 2005); pages 10, Para 5.24 stated that: 'Immediately opposite the Chief Engineer’s Office, on the south west side of Sands End Lane, is the Grade II listed red brown brick and Portland stone 1927 research laboratory..'; Page 11, Para 5.28 stated that: 'There are two war memorial plinths opposite the 1927 research laboratory building. The original one is Grade II listed and bears two bronze plaques commemorating the dead of WWI & WWII. A second plinth erected in 1999 bears a WWII plaque removed from a now demolished building within the gasworks site. It is unusual that the WWII plaque contains more names than that recording the dead of WWI'. https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/sites/default/files/section_attachments/imperial_square_and_gasworks_conservation_area_profile.pdf
- Roll of Honour Fulham, Gas, Light and Coke Company War Memorial http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Middlesex/FulhamGasLightAndCokeCompany.html