Public Record Office WW1

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Reference WMO/201782

Address:

The Maughan Library

Chancery Lane

London

WC2A 1LR

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: The Public Record Office was originally based in this building in Chancery Lane, which in turn succeeded the medieval Rolls Chapel. After the P R O relocated to Kew, the building was bought by King's College London in 2001 and is now known as the Maughan Library. The surviving part of the old Rolls Chapel is now the Weston Room exhibition space. The chapel monuments, including the War Memorial, can be viewed alongside the current exhibition. In 2017, 2022 and 2023 a photograph of the memorial was seen personally by different people at the National Archives, Kew. A label below the photograph confirms that the original remains at the Maughan Library.
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The tablet-1914-1919 / In honour of the / members of the staff / of the Public Record / Office who died on / military service / [names] / Erected by their Colleagues; Explanatory notice-Public Record Office (PRO)/This memorial plaque to PRO staff was mounted on the wall of the/Rolls Chapel, in the Public Record Office building at Chancery Lane,/When PRO left that building in 1996, it was decided to leave it in/place as the risk of damage to the plaque was too great. The plaque/remains there to this day, and the building is now the library of/King's College, London

R.J. Bence / L. Benstead / A.E. Bland / G.D. Godfrey / R.O. Sexton / E.W. Wetherall / R.W. Woodcock

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