Memorial

Board Of Trade

Current Memorial

Source: Copyright Richard MacDonald-Webb

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Current Location

Business Lounge, Old Admiralty Building, Whitehall, City Of Westminster, Greater London, SW1A 2BL, England

TQ 30006 80191

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 53617
Description: The original memorial was a bronze plaque with four columns of names, inside an oak frame with a carved galleon hull inside a broken pediment. The new memorial is the same but the names are carved in wood, and the inscription for WW2 is on a new panel underneath.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO FELL/ (Names)/ 1914 BOARD OF TRADE 1919/ ALSO IN MEMORY OF STAFF OF THE BOARD OF TRADE/ AND ITS SUCCESSORS WHO DIED IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ AND OTHER CONFLICTS

Maker(s): William H Slicer, Designer
William Moris and Co, Founder / Foundry
Students of Lambeth College, School of Construction, Wood Carver
Costs: £158 (1923)
Sponsor Type: other
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Original memorial was funded by staff subscription. Further appeals were needed after McGregor's Bank, which held the memorial fund, collapsed. Planned all-bronze memorial was replaced by a bronze plaque with wooden frame.
Maintenance History: The memorial had been lost for many years by the time a search was initiated in the 1980s. It was never located and a wooden replica was created and unveiled in 2002. In 2021 the memorial was moved to the Old Admiralty Building and the upper segment re-fitted to the names panel. This had been temporarily removed, so that the War Memorial could fit into the low ceiling in of 3 Whitehall Place.