Erection date: 25/4/2017
John Elisha Grimshaw, 25 April 1915, Age 22, The Lancashire Fusiliers, Llangattock Lodge.
Reginald Leonard Haine, 28-29 April 1917, Age 20, Honourable Artillery Company, Fitzroy Lodge.
Rupert Price Hallowes, 25-30 September 1915, Aged 34, The Duke of Cambridge’s Own, (Middlesex Regiment), Rosemary Lodge.
Site: Freemason VCs (21 memorials)
WC2, Great Queen Street, Freemasons' Hall
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of the end of the Great War in 2018. Unveiled 25 April 2017.
During WW1 628 VCs were awarded, more than 200 of those to freemasons. We do not know how the 64 names on these plaques were chosen from the 200 - possibly they all lived in London, or belonged to London lodges.
The 20 plaques are arranged in 3 blocks (North, West, South) around the central 'Freemason VCs' plaque. Each plaque carries 3 names (some 4), in alphabetical sequence, starting in the top left of the N block, and reading down the columns in each block, so that is how we've labelled them: N1...N6, W1...W6, Z1...Z8 (using Z instead of S to get the sequence right).
