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    Memorial

    Victoria and Albert Museum Staff - WW1

    Victoria And Albert Museum Staff - WW1

    Source: Copyright Kelly Yap

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    Current Location

    By the grand entrance on a pillar on the right hand side., Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, Kensington And Chelsea, Greater London, SW7 2RL, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 27021 79128

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    46094
    Description
    Plain stone tablet with convex top. Incised inscription in black and red painted lettering. Laurel branch incised at the top of the tablet. Two corbels support the tablet, each incised with with insignia symbolising the V and A monogram. The left corbel has the initials JC on it for Joseph Cribb and the corbel on the right has the Initials EG on it for Eric Gill.
    Inscription
    VICTORIA AND ALBERT/ MUSEUM/ IN HONOUR OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THIER LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ SERVING THE KING/ BY LAND AND SEA/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ MCMXIV - MCMXVII/ (Names)/ SET UP BY SUBSCRIPTION OF THE WHOLE STAFF/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES 1920
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    16
    Died
    16
    Information shown
    Surname, initials of forenames
    Order of names
    surname
    Maker(s)
    • Eric Gill ARA, Designer

    • MESSRS JOSEPH CRIBB, Letter cutter / Engraver

    Costs
    c £10-£20
    Sponsor Type
    other
    Sponsored By
    Voluntary subscription by museum staff
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    Gill estimated a nominal sum for the cost of the memorial but the exact cost is not recorded. The memorial was to have been acquired using the Museum's purchase grant but this was not needed as the total was raised through subscriptions.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    April 1920

    Custodian
    Victoria and Albert Museum

    Components

    Tablet

    Height: 1525mm

    Width: 660mm


    Made from: Stone - Hopton Wood


    Condition: Good


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    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    78803

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    • Council or Committee Minutes 05 August 1919
    • The Times 14/01 April 1920
    • Dundee Evening Telegraph - Thursday 01 April 1920 Page 9 IN HONOUR OF THE DEAD (Sixteen names, including three of Scottish extraction, L. Callander, J. Fergusson and A. M'Lean)
    • The Morning Post 01 April 1920
    • Victoria and Albert Museum A4.1999
    • Changing Fashions in Museum Decorations by Physick, J 256
    • British Sculpture 1470 to 2000: A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum by Bilbey, Diane with Trusted, Ma 454-455 Published:V&A Publicationa 2002