- Type of Memorial
- Other memorial
- WMR Reference Number
- 18084
- Description
- A charitable foundation to provides homes and rehabilitative support to vulnerable and disabled former service personnel. A block of flats finished in red brick and white stone has the name on the south face and commemorative tablets on the west face. The large white stone tablet consists of three panels separated by two pilasters which support an open segmental pediment. Within the pediment is a rectangular stone tablet with laurel leaf and scroll in relief, and in its centre is a lozenge with a red and gold mosaic design. An upper frieze carries the dates in upright block lettering in relief and has a cornice and frieze below it. The bases of the pilasters sit on brackets which have the lower tablet between them and a frieze at the sides. A separate tablet is positioned centrally below the main one. Inscriptions are incised in upright capital block lettering.
- Inscription
- South face of building: THE SIR OSWALD STOLL FOUNDATION
Frieze: 1914 1919
Lozenge: 1/2D WAR SEAL 1/2D DISABLED SERVICE 1914-15
Main tablet, centre panel: THE WAR SEAL FOUNDATION WAS INITIATED A.D./ 1915. BY SIR OSWALD STOLL AS HIS TRIBUTE TO/ ALL WHO FOUGHT AND SUFFERED IN THE GREAT WAR./ PRIMARILY, THE OBJECT WAS TO ERECT, EQUIP AND/ MAINTAIN SELF-CONTAINED RESIDENTIAL FLATS, WHEREIN/ DISABLED EX-SERVICE MEN COULD LIVE WITH THEIR/ FAMILIES AND OBTAIN FOR THEMSELVES, ON THE/ SPOT, THE AFTER-CARE AND AMELIORATIVE TREATMENT/ NECESSARY TO THEIR WELL-BEING AND COMFORT./ THE NECESSARY FUNDS WERE RAISED BY THE SALE OF/ WAR SEALS AT ONE HALFPENNY EACH, BY DONATIONS AND BY/ THE ORGANISATION OF VARIOUS FORMS OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT/ IN BRITAIN AND THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE DURING THE WAR/ AND FOR SOME TIME AFTER THE DECLARATION OF PEACE./ THE FOUNDER PERSONALLY BORE ALL THE COSTS OF OFFICE/ ADMINISTRATION AND PROPOGANDA AND GAVE THE FREEHOLD/ OF THE SITE NOW OCCUPIED BY WAR SEAL MANSIONS, FULHAM./ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AS AN ABIDING TOKEN OF GRATITUDE/ TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED, BY MONEY OR SERVICE, TO THE SUCCESS/ OF THE SCHEME AND PARTICULARLY TO THESE HERE RECORDED./ (Names of contributors)
Main tablet, left and right panels: (Names of contributors)
Main tablet, lower panel: TO HONOUR THE FOUNDER/ IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED BY MEMBERS/ ON THE 23RD SEPTEMBER 1937/ THAT THE NAME OF THE COMPANY/ BE CHANGED TO/ THE SIR OSWALD STOLL FOUNDATION
Lower tablet: PRESIDENTS/ OF THE FOUNDATION/ This tablet is erected in appreciation/ of devotion and service/ (Names of presidents)/ Unveiled on 26th May 1964 by/ HER ROYAL HIGHNESS/ THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER/ in memory of LADY STOLL/ wife of the Founder and second/ president of the Foundation