war memorials

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Marylebone’s Memorial to a WW2 Hero

12/04/2026 donbrown 0

WHAT: The Wallenberg Monument WHERE: Great Cumberland Place (map) BY WHOM: Philip Jackson WHEN: 1997 Walk a couple of hundred metres north of the Marble […]

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The Guards Chapel and its Post War Rebuilding

14/11/2025 donbrown 0

Officially known as the Royal Military Chapel, but generally just as The Guards Chapel, this building stands within the Wellington Barracks at the top end […]

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The Birdcage Walk Memorial to Australia’s ‘Shy VC’

09/10/2025 donbrown 0

The easily-missed memorial to Corporal Arthur Sullivan, Australian war hero, who died in Birdcage Walk after being ‘besieged by autograph hunters’.

Gerry Judah’s Great War Sculptures in St Paul’s

22/09/2025 donbrown 0

The 2014 sculptures commemorating WW1 by the artist Gerry Judah are powerful works that tell a story of continuing war and suffering.

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The Bomb-Scarred Guards Memorial

28/08/2025 donbrown 2

Walk across Horseguards Parade towards St James’s Park and directly in front of you is the Guards Memorial, a portland stone monument with five bronze […]

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The Cenotaph – Lutyens’ ’empty tomb’ on Whitehall

10/07/2025 donbrown 0

The focus for the annual Remembrance Day commemorations each November, Edwin Lutyens’ Cenotaph is the monumental sculptural piece that stands in the centre of Whitehall.  […]

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The Eagle Squadrons Memorial in Grosvenor Square

09/07/2024 donbrown 0

Before decamping to Nine Elms, Grosvenor Square was the home of the US Embassy for the best part of a century, first at No. 1, […]

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“Saul has slain his thousands” | The Machine Gun Corps Memorial

08/06/2024 donbrown 0

Saul has slain his thousands, but David his tens of thousands The inscription above, which is on the memorial to the Machine Gun Corps at […]

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The Bomber Command Memorial, Green Park

04/05/2024 donbrown 0

Over 55,000 Bomber Command crew lost their lives during the second world war – a death rate of over 44% from those who served. Thousands […]

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“Carve their names with pride”: the SOE Memorial

29/02/2024 donbrown 0

Many of the stories of those who served in WW2 are capable of inducing in those of us who have never had to face such […]