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Title
War Memorial
Date
1920
Medium
Portland stone & bronze
Accession number
EC4_MRF_S005
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Church of St Michael Cornhill
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Church of St Michael Cornhill
Custodian
Church of St Michael Cornhill
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
1st November 1920
Listing date
01/12/16
Access
at all times
Inscription description
affixed to the front, a bronze tablet with sunken relief lettering reads: DURING THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 / THE NAMES WERE / RECORDED ON THIS / SITE OF 2130 MEN / WHO FROM OFFICES / IN THE PARISHES OF / THIS UNITED BENEFICE / VOLUNTEERED TO / SERVE THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE NAVY AND / ARMY + OF THESE / IT IS KNOWN THAT / AT LEAST 170 GAVE / THEIR LIVES FOR THE / FREEDOM OF / THE WORLD.