St. James Piccadilly Memorial Plaque

WM name reference IWM11580


Current Location:

St James' Church Piccadilly St James City Of Westminster Greater London W1J 9LL England


Description:

On the west wall a white marble tablet inside a mottled greenish marble frame with curved pediment and carved pillars on either side of tablet. Inscription, incised gold lettering.


Campaign:

World War 1


Inscription:

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF ALL THOSE / WHO WENT FORTH FROM AMONG US / TO THE GREAT WAR / AND TO PRESERVE IN HONOUR THE NAMES OF THE / MEMBERS OF THIS PARISH AND CONGREGATION / WHOSE LIVES WERE GIVEN IN OUR CAUSE / 1914 - 1918 / (names)


Surname First Name Date of Death Name of Memorial(s)
Kinnaird The Hon Douglas , The Master of Kinnaird 24-10-1914 St. James Piccadilly WW1 View
Kinnaird Arthur 27-11-1917 St. James Piccadilly WW1 View

Further information:

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If you have information on a specific memorial please send it on to the Historical Committee. The Memorial information required is:

  • Who or what formation of the Regiment is named on the memorial. What event, dates or other inscriptions on the memorial.
  • The country, nearest town/city or other details of location.
  • A description of the memorial with a photograph if possible.
  • For bigger sites a copy of any advertising information or leaflets would be useful.

Please sent any information that you find to: Michael Campbell-Lamerton


As the information on the database builds up Michael Campbell-Lamerton will be sending regular updates to Archives at RHQ who remains the point of contact about for inquiries on past members of the Regiment.