The City of London First World War memorial outside the portico of the Royal Exchange, showing the west face of the memorial bearing the memorial inscription

Date:
19 Jun 1921
Location:
City Of London War Memorial, Cornhill, City And County Of The City Of London, Greater London Authority, EC3
Reference:
BL25608/002
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

This memorial to servicemen from the City of London lost in WWI was unveiled by HRH the Duke of York on the 12th of November 1920 was paid for by funds raised during the mayoralty of Colonel The Right Honourable Sir Horace Brooks Marshall, KCVO LLD, the Mayor of London during the peace celebrations, who also commissioned this photograph to be taken.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series of photographic negatives and prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Client: Marshall, Horace Brooks

Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

First World War War Memorial, First World War