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Latitude: 51.4886 / 51°29'18"N
Longitude: -0.1354 / 0°8'7"W
OS Eastings: 529556
OS Northings: 178274
OS Grid: TQ295782
Mapcode National: GBR FN.SK
Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.LVS7
Plus Code: 9C3XFVQ7+CV
Entry Name: Pimlico (St Saviour's) War Memorial
Listing Date: 29 June 2017
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1445870
Also known as: Pimlico war memorial
ID on this website: 101445870
Location: St Saviour's Church, Pimlico, Westminster, London, SW1V
County: London
District: City of Westminster
Electoral Ward/Division: Tachbrook
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: City of Westminster
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Tagged with: Crucifix War memorial Sculpture
War memorial in the form of a gabled cross set on a plinth.
Wooden gabled cross, with sculpture of Christ with INRI scroll. The wooden shaft is supported by a wooden tripod structure, which sits on a wooden platform on top of a stone plinth. Each face of the plinth bears a raised stone plaque, reading - left: (names); front: PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF / THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 R.I.P. 1918 / (names); and right: MAY THEY REST IN PEACE / 1939 - 1945 / (names). The whole rests on a stone platform.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 28 July 2017.
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised in Pimlico at St Saviour's Church as a permanent testament to the sacrifices made by the members of the local community.
Pimlico (St Saviour's) War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifices it made in both the First and Second World Wars;
* Design: as a dignified and imposing gabled cross war memorial;
* Group value: with the Grade II-listed St Saviour's Church.
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