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.
See our page for the WW1 memorial to which this unusual tablet is affixed for an explanation.
This memorial was first installed in 1921 for WW1. In 2005 it was refurbished and the red granite plinth with its plaque were added, all ...
The statue represents winged Victory on orb, lightly draped and holding a laurel wreath in extended left hand. There are bronze crossed l...
Walker sculpted the statue, Baker designed the plinth. Unveiled by Baldwin. August 2018: There is talk of this statue being moved, possi...
Unveiled in the Somerset House quadrangle in 1924. Moved to the Thames side terrace in 2002.
This is a classy plaque, very of its time. From Fanny Cornforth we learn that the text "death has...." is written by Henry Wilson and is...
This was the site of the blacking factory where Dickens worked, aged 12 or 13, when his father was put in the Marshalsea prison for debt....
The Trust will consider giving grants for the preservation of buildings of historic or architectural interest anywhere in England (but not Wales), with a preference for the Greater London area (not...
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