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.
Interesting that this monument shares some design features with the nearby Air Forces Memorial, from the same decade - the sky blue lette...
The names of those buried in this cemetery without headstones on their graves are listed on a separate nearby memorial.
George V should have been on duty to unveil this but he was seriously ill so Queen Mary took over, the first time she had played such a r...
An earlier memorial had become indecipherable and was replaced by this one in 2017. The memorial gives the gender and age so we can anal...
"... and of whom those whose names ..." - we just don't write English like that any more, thank heavens.
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