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    Memorial

    Artists Rifles 28th Battalion London Regiment

    Artists Rifles memorials at the Royal Academy, London

    Source: F Jones (WMO 131790)

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    Current Location

    East wall of entrance portico of the Royal Academy. (Outside), Burlington House, Piccadilly, Mayfair, City Of Westminster, Greater London, W1V 0DS, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 29196 80562

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    2812
    Description
    Bronze badge of the artists rifles on a stone tablet. Two profile heads of Mars and Minerva in bronze surrounded by a carved oak wreath.
    Inscription
    TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/OF THE 2003 MEMBERS OF THE/ARTISTS RIFLES, 28TH BATTALION/THE LONDON REGIMENT WHO/GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING/AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT/WAR ANNIS DOMINI 1914-1919/THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/AND OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR/LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR/ ANNIS DOMINI 1939 - 1945.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maker(s)
    • MR WILLIAM D GOUGH, Sculptor

    • MR GEOFFREY F WEBB, Designer

    • MR ARTHUR AYRES, Sculptor

    Sponsor Type
    private
    Sponsored By
    Royal Academy of Arts/Artists Rifles.
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    Second World War addition cost £40
    Maintenance History
    Cleaned in 1993.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    12 May 1922

    FM The Earl of Cavan KP GCB GCMG GCVO GBE, Chief of the Imperial General Staff.

    Dedicated

    12 May 1922

    Dean of Westminster, Honorary Chaplain to the Royal Academy.

    Custodian
    Royal Academy of Arts and Artists Rifles

    Components

    Height: 1990mm

    Width: 1370mm

    Depth: 65mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Detail

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Height: 525mm

    Width: 1370mm

    Depth: 65mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • Royal Academy Annual Report 1919 p.16 Royal Academy Annual Report 1920 p. 6 Royal Academy Annual Report 1922 pp. 10 - 11
    • "Artists Rifles Regimental Roll of Honour and War Record 1914-1919". Publishers, Howlett & Son. 10 Frith Street, Soho Square W1. 1922
    • London Remembers: https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/artists-rifles-war-memorial
    • War Memorials Online: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/131790/