- Type of Memorial
- Other structure
- WMR Reference Number
- 73273
- Description
- The centrepiece is a two-stepped rectangular Portland stone memorial above which is a decorative iron railing which is intended to represent the railings at the Wellington Barracks. The memorial stone has an inscription on its front face which flanks an engraving of the Division's insignia with motto. On the reverse of the stone are the mottos of the individual regiments that comprise the Household Division. The railings have the insignia of the five foot regiments attached whilst the two cavalry regiments' insignia are engraved on the stone memorial. The memorial stone is surrounded by a stone-flagged base inlaid with sections of English and Scottish granite, Irish green marble and Welsh black slate. The interlocking of these stones are deigned to represent the strength of the national bonds shared within the Household Division. On the stone-flagged base is a further flagstone on which details of the unveiling of the memorial are engraved. To the right of the memorial is an integrated metal information plaque and stand which has engraved text in columns and panels, with raised engravings of the seven regiments' insignia and an illustration describing the structure of the Division and details about the design of the memorial. The memorial is situated within a grass clearing at the end of an avenue of plane and maple trees, intended to represent The Mall, London. There are some individual commemorative plaques alongside trees.
- Inscription
- [Memorial stone face]: HOUSEHOLD DIVISION/ IN MEMORIAM/
[Memorial stone reverse]: NULLI SECUNDUS/ QUIS SEPARABIT/ CYMRU AM BYTH/ NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT/ HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE/
[Plaque with illustration and text arranged in four columns and panels]: THE HOUSEHOLD MEMORIAL DIVISION/
THE REGIMENTS OF THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY AND THE/ FOOT GUARDS, WHICH COMPRISE THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION/ (KNOWN TO MANY SIMPLAY AS THE 'GUARDS'), HAVE SERVED/ AS PERSONAL TROOPS TO THE SOVEREIGN SINCE THE/ RESTORATION OF THE MONARCHY IN 1660./ THE MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES ALL FALLEN MEMBERS/ OF THE AND PROVIDES A PLACE OF/ SOLACE FOR BEREAVED FAMILIES AND FRIENDS IN CLOSE/ PROXIMITY TO THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL ON WHICH THE/ NAMES OF MANY GUARDSMEN ARE INSCRIBED./ THE MEMORIAL IS POSITIONED IN A CLEARING AT THE/ END OF A SMALL AVENUE OF LONDON PLANE TREES, INTERSPERSED WITH MAPLE TREES, REFLECTING THE MALL,/ CEREMONIAL HOME GROUND TO THE GUARDS IN LONDON./
THE REGIMENT COMMEMORATED HERE ARE, IN ORDER OF/ SENIORITY, THE TWO HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY/ REGIMENTS: THE LIFE GUARDS AND THE BLUES AND/ ROYALS (ROYAL HORSE GUARDS AND 1ST DRAGOONS);/ AND THE FIVE FOOT GUARD REGIMENTS: GRENADIER/ GUARDS, COLDSTREAM GUARDS, SCOTS GUARDS, IRISH/ GUARDS AND WELSH GUARDS./ THE CYPHERS AND BADGES OF THE HOUSEHOLD/ CAVALRY REGIMENTS ARE ENGRAVED ON THE FLANKS/ OF THE MEMORIAL. THE CYPHERS, STARS AND BADGES OF/ THE FOOT GUARDS REGIMENTS ARE MOUNTED ON THE/ RAILINGS IN BRIGADE ORDER (THE TERM ORIGINATING/ FROM POSITIONS HELD IN THE LINE OF BATTLE BY/ REGIMENTS OF FOOT GUARDS FIGHTING TOGETHER.)/
THEY WERE ORIGINALLY POSITIONED AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE / TO THE FORMER CHELSEA BARRACKS IN LONDON./ THE MEMORIAL IS CONSTRUCTED FROM PORTLAND STONE/ BY YOUNG JOHNSON LTD OF WESTBURY, WILTSHIRE AND/ ITS DESIGN IS DRAWN FROM THE GUARDS MEMORIAL IN/ ST. JAMES'S PARK IN LONDON./ THE DEISGN IS DELIBERATELY SIMPLE AND CLEAN CUT IN/ APPEARANCE. THE STRUCTURE WAS CREATED TO ENABLE/ VISITORS TO SIT UNDER RAILINGS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO/ THOSE ALONG THE BIRDCAGE WALK SIDE OF WELLINGTON/ BARRACKS, OPPOSITE ST JAME'S PARK NEAR/ BUCKINGHAM PALACE. AROUND THE MEMORIAL IS AN/ APRON OF STONE INLAID WITH ENGLISH WHITE GRANITE,/
SCOTTISH RED GRANITE, IRISH GREEN MARBLE AND/ WELSH BLACK SLATE. ITS INTERLOCKED PIECES REFLECT/ IN EQUAL PROPORTION THE STRENGTH OF THE NATIONAL/ BONDS WHICH ALL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD/ DIVISION SHARE./ THE MOTTO OF THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION IS SHOWN/ IN THE CENTRAL STAR. THE MOTTOS OF EACH REGIMENT/ WITH TRANSLATIONS ARE SHOWN IN THE PANEL TO THE/ RIGHT AND ON THE REVERSE OF THE MEMORIAL./ ALSO ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE MEMORIAL/ ARE THE FORMATION DATES OF EACH OF THE/ FOOT GUARD REGIMENTS./
THE MOTTOS ARE RESPECTIVELY:/
SEPTEM JUNCTA IN UNO/ SEVEN JOINED IN ONE/ THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION/
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE/ EVIL BE TO HE WHO EVIL THINKS/ THE LIFE GUARDS, THE BLUES & ROYALS/ AND GRENADIER GUARDS/
NULLI SECUNDUS/ SECOND TO NONE/ COLDSTREAM GUARDS/
NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT/ NO ONE TOUCHES ME WITH IMPUNITY/ SCOTS GUARDS/
QUIS SEPARABIT/ WHO SHALL SEPARATE US?/ IRISH GUARDS/
CYMRU AM BYTH/ WALES FOR EVER/ WELSH GUARDS
[The plaque includes contact details for information about the Household Division]
[Unveiling ceremony stone]: THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE REGIMENTS OF THE/ HOUSEHOLD DIVISION WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES./ IT WAS UNVEILED BY/ HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH KG, KT/ SENIOR COLONEL, HOUSEHOLD DIVISION/ COLONEL GRENADIER GUARDS/ ON 3RD DECEMBER 2009.