This inscription is placed here to perpetuate the memory of the members of the college and of the medical school who died in the service of their country during the years 1914 - 1919.
WC1, Gower Street, University College London
The original UCL, built 1825 - 1832, comprised this quad and its buildings, by the architect William Wilkins (1778 -1839).
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
UCL - WW1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
UCL - WW1
The first English university established since Oxford and Cambridge and the f...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
UCL - WW1
This quadrangle of University College London, of which the first stone was la...
London County Council Coventry Patmore, 1823 - 1896, poet and essayist, lived here, 1863 - 1864.
2014 the shop is occupied by a health food shop - perfect. 2016: Toni & Guy - oh, well.
Dr John Fry, 1922 - 1994, pioneering family doctor, world renowned researcher in primary care, & innovator in evidence based medicine...
Sir Henry Cooper OBE KSG, 1934 - 2011, heavyweight boxer, British, European & Commonwealth champion lived here, 1942 - 1960. London B...
The "save the Oval" campaign was not, as we first thought, made necessary by a threat to replace the ground with flats, but was an appeal...
July 2022: We thank Philip Broke for alerting us to the presence of the blue plaque, which has replaced the black one.
A parishioner or member of the congregation of St Matthias, N16, who died in WW1.
