Mons To Ypres Arch (Lost)

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Reference WMO/197884

Address:

St Martin-in-the-Fields Church

Trafalgar Square

London

WC2N 4JJ

England

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Status: Destroyed
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Arch
Materials:
  • Metal Iron
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Officially the British Expeditionary Force Memorial, the arch was dedicated on 30th May 1954. It led into the original Dick Sheppard Memorial Chapel. It was a black marble arch, with black and gold wrought iron gates. The inscription 'Mons To Ypres 1914' was in gold over the arch, and there were two dedicatory panels, on the inside of the pillars. According to OurWar1915 (see link), the arch was removed in the 1980s during conversion of the crypt into a cafe, and was subsequently destroyed.
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[over archway] Mons To Ypres 1914 / [panel 1] This Memorial to the Force/ which saved Britain in 1914/ was erected in 1953 by their/ surviving comrades - The Royal Navy,/ The Regiments and Corps of the British Army/ whose names are inscribed in the Roll/ of Honour - and the Royal Air Force. [panel 2] In Thanksgiving for the Soldiers/ of the British Expeditionary Force 1914/ who laid down their lives in the Battles/ of MONS, LE CATEAU, THE MARNE,/ THE AISNE and te FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES and for the Seamen and Marines who fought and died at ANTWERP

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