Erection date: 11/5/1999
{Inscribed on the top, in a spiral:}
In war resolution, in defeat defiance, in victory magnanimity, in peace goodwill.
{Inscribed on the outer edge:}
Remember before God the people of London 1939 - 1945.
Cut from a single block of Irish limestone. The quote was used by Churchill but actually written by Sir Edward Marsh in relation to WWI.
This commemorates the 30,000 Londoners who died in air raids. It was funded by readers of the Evening Standard which launched an appeal tied in with the 50th anniversary of VE Day in 1995. Unveiled by the Queen Mother.
Information from the magnificent "Public Sculpture of the City of London" by Philip Ward-Jackson.
For our close-up picture we have, unusually, used one from the sculptor's website showing the memorial when it was new and shiny.
Site: People of London - St Paul's (2 memorials)
EC4, St Paul's Churchyard
The small (6") brass pavement plaque is just to the north of the main memorial.
2024: English Cathedrals reported on 28 August that this memorial has been relocated. It is now "in the centre of the footprint to the medieval Chapter House of St Paul’s in the Churchyard Gardens". The photos of it in the new location show that it does not have the careful drainage arrangements with which is was originally installed. We predict puddles!
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