Pearl Assurance: WW1 west face; plaque re the memorial's history.
Source: Copyright Jane King
It stands within a dedicated Memorial Garden, to the east of the building's main entrance.the, Pearl Centre, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 6FY, England
TL 14075 96510
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Sir George James Frampton RA, Architect
Professor Arnold Weddle, Landscaper or Paviour
Dedicated
4 July 1921
Bishop of Truro
Unveiled
4 July 1921
Mr F.D. Bowles
Rededicated
11 November 1991
Bishop of Truro
Pearl Assurance HQ, High Holborn, Holborn, Camden, Greater London, WC1, England
TQ
JANUARY 1992
RELOCATION OF PEARL ASSURANCE
Height: 2100mm
Width: 900mm
Depth: 800mm
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II*
List Entry: 1462803
Listed on 19/3/2019; "an outstanding memorial of high architectural and artistic quality", and as "an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the Pearl Assurance community and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20". (The figure of St George and its associated plinth and base comprise the First World War Memorial; the Second World War Memorial comprises four separate bronze plaques, which hang on the wall that forms the north boundary of the Memorial Garden).
Height: 1320mm
Width: 870mm
Depth: 12mm
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II*
List Entry: 1462803
(West and east faces of WW1 figure)
Height: 300mm
Width: 1500mm
Depth: 1200mm
Made from: Granite
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II*
List Entry: 1462803
(WW1 figure's base)
Height: 1320mm
Width: 700mm
Depth: 12mm
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II*
List Entry: 1462803
(North and south faces of WW1 figure).
Height: 2150mm
Width: 1100mm
Depth: 900mm
Made from: Granite
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II*
List Entry: 1462803
(WW1 figure's plinth)
Made from: Plant Material
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II
List Entry: 1462664
Listed on 19/3/2019.
Height: 1300mm
Width: 910mm
Depth: 35mm
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II*
List Entry: 1462803
These details relate to each of the four plaques that form the WW2 Memorial.
Height: 230mm
Width: 220mm
Depth: 5mm
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II*
List Entry: 1462803
This plaque, on the west face of the WW1 plinth, is inscribed re the original dedication of the Memorial in London by the Bishop of Truro (which it inaccurately states took place on 11/11/1921, whereas it in fact occurred on 4/7/1921), and the re-dedication of the Memorial in Peterborough on 11/11/1991.