Memorial

Chemistry Society

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Current Location

Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, Mayfair, City Of Westminster, Greater London, W1J 0BA, England

TQ 291 805

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 56651
Description: Bronze roundel on marble tablet. British soldiers in a trench about to adjust their gas masks.
Inscription: PRO PATRIA/ (Names)/ SOCIETATIS CHEMICAE/ SOCII VITAM DEDERUNT.

Unveiled

16 November 1922

EARL OF CRAWFORD AND BALCARRES KT

Tablet

Height: 2000mm

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

The Times 17 Nov. 1922 p.7 Memorial unveiled at the headquarters of the Society of Chemical Research in Burlington House in memory of Lt Col E F Harrison (formerly Director of the Chemical War department) and 29 other fellows of chemical societies who died in the war.
'Pro Patria' - IWM-sponsored booklet to mark the Centenary of WW1 - features this memorial and that of the Institute of Chemistry (WMR 56652). History, images of the memorials, and biographies of those on the Memorials, along with others who served. https://www.rsc.org/globalassets/08-locations-contacts/locations/library/pro-patria-booklet.pdf