Memorial

Church Of The Annunciation Calvary WW1

Calvary

Source: Copyright War Memorial Trust

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Current Location

External corner at junction with Old Quebec Street., Church of the Annunciation., Bryanston Street, Marylebone, City Of Westminster, Greater London, W1H 7AH, England

OS Grid Reference

TQ 27898 81105

Denomination

Church of England

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 18357
Description: Base with inscription incised on it surmounted by a Calvary. On the wall to the left and right of the Calvary are two NOWY-headed stone tablets with names on Wreath in relief at the top of each tablet
Inscription: CALVARY: OF YOUR CHARITY PRAY FOR / THESE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914 - 1918. / R. I. P. / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE TABLETS: (NAMES)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 69
Died: 69
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of names: surname,rank,regiment

History

Maker(s): SIR WALTER TAPPER RA, Designer

Conservation

Custodian: THE PARISH

Components

Cross

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

Tablets

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Base

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Figure

Made from: Gilt, Bronze

Further Information

War Memorials Trust - http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=547 - accessed 18 May 2021
Public Sculpture of Britain 'Historic Westminster' vol.1 (2011) pp.13-14. Walter Tapper designed the church, built in 1912-13, but no documentation appears to have survived about the authorship of the memorial. There seems not to have been a faculty application for it either.