Boys of St Martin's School
{On the scroll held by the two angels:}
Rest in peace
{A Christian cross forms the division between the two columns, each of 21 names, not in any apparent sequence. See the Subjects Commemorated for the names.}
WC2, Adelaide Street, 12
Both memorials are on the south facade of the building, facing the church.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Martin's School War Memorial
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Martin's School War Memorial
The large lettering runs along the top of the south face of the building.
The statue represents a soldier. To the left, in the cream marble, is a carved relief of an anchor with ropes, representing the navy and ...
The phrase "distant obligation..." references a cabinet meeting on 25 June 1950 at which, in the context of British involvement, Korea wa...
The monument, created by sculptor Richard Kindersley, comprises a number of concrete panels, bolted together with rivets to give the impr...
Unveiled by the Duke of York
These 3 figures are said to be modelled on the soldier poets: Robert Graves, Wilfred Owen, and Siegfried Sassoon but the carved faces are...
Commemoration of this event has had a chequered history. First Hackney mistakenly erected a plaque on the wrong building. That plaque the...
Italian Catholic priest and prominent politician, one of the fathers of the Christian democratic platform. One of the founders of the Italian People's Party in 1919, but was forced into exile in 19...
The plaque is on the north side of the western entrance to the tunnel. A greatly enlarged etching of the bridge in 1835 has been placed ...
The building is also known as the Imperial Hall. Up the top, in an Art Nouveau swirl the building is dated 1903. The plaques are, left t...
Building pulled down and the parish united for ecclesiastical purposes with the parish of St. Mary-le-Bow.
