James Shoolbred & Co Ltd

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Reference WMO/251513

Address:

Paramount Court

University Street

London

WC1T 7NW

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Timber Mahogany
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: The Shoolbred war memorial is a Roll of Honour for men from the Shoolbred & Co. department store who joined the armed forces during the First World War. It is a large, nowy-headed mahogany board measuring 5 feet high and 6 feet wide, with gilt painted inscriptions. The memorial lists both those who made the supreme sacrifice, numbering 26, and those who served and survived the war, numbering 519. Those who were killed were mainly men who died on the Somme on the first day of battle on 1st July 1916, and who served in the Queen’s Westminster Rifles, today succeeded by 7 RIFLES. See the Comment for the history of the memorial.
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The title inscription reads “1914-1918 Roll Of Honour Of Members Of The House Of Jas. Shoolbred & Co. Ltd. Who Joined The Country’s Armed Forces".

Those who made the supreme sacrifice: Bailey, B. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Balman, W.E. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Cook, C.C., Royal Garrison Artillery Deacon, C., London Regiment Dodsom, J.W. Forrester, W.B. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Finbow, J. East Kent Regiment Gorle, H. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Gorle, G. Harvey, G., Royal Fusiliers Holmes, H.A. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Howes, Royal Field Artillery Jackson, A.R. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles King, L.F. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Luscombe, B. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Marsh, A.L. (Lieutenant Captain) Queen's Westminster Rifles Orchard, J.H. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Rose, W. Saxton, H.H. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Watts, G.F. Whiskin, E.C. (Company Quartermaster Sergeant) Queen's Westminster Rifles Williams, A.V. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Wing, D. (Sergeant) Queen's Westminster Rifles Withers, B. Wright, W.A. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Yates, H.R. (Private) London Regiment Those who served: Aplin, E.J. (Lieutenant Captain) Queen's Westminster Rifles Archer, R. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Ashbolt, J. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Able, Royal Air Force Adams, J., London Regiment Alderton, G. Aldridge, H. Alexander, J. Allen, T. Anderson, H.P., London Regiment Angus, J.W. Arnold, H. (Company Sergeant Major) London Regiment Arthur Ashard, B.H. Bignell Bigwood, E. Bigwood, G. Bird, A. Bishop, F. Blake, A., Royal Field Artillery Blake, J. Blyth, London Regiment Blythe, London Regiment Borrett, L., 67th Pro. Battalion Borung, G., Royal Army Medical Corps Bowen, A., Royal Fusiliers Bowers Bowmaker, H.D. Boyce, 16th Regiment Base Boyer, A.C., Royal Fusiliers Boyles, F., Essex Regiment Boyles, T. Brace, Queen's Westminster Rifles Brocklesby, J. Brooks, E. Brooks, W.D., Royal Naval Division Brownson, H. Bryant, B.R., Royal Army Service Corps Bubbs, E., Royal Army Medical Corps Buckland Bulliard, Royal Fusiliers Bundy, A. Bunyon, B. Busch, B. Butchart, S.W. Butland, H., Royal Flying Corps Butler, W.E. Barwell, H. (Lieutenant), Royal Army Service Corps, Motor Transport Barnes, J. Barnes, J. Royal Army Service Corps, Motor Transport Brier, A.W. (Sergeant) Queen's Westminster Rifles Berry, H. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Beaven, F.G. (Captain) London Regiment Beaven, J.C. (Sergeant) Royal Fusiliers Boddy, S. (Captain) Barrow, R. Brown, R.W. Browning, H.D. Baker, F. Bloomfield, W. Brown, G. Babbs, E. (Private) 2nd London Field Ambulance Backhouse, C., London Regiment Bagnell, H. Bailey, G.G., Royal Fusiliers Bailey, J., Royal Fusiliers Baker, A., Royal Navy Ambulance Service Baker G. Bambridge, A. Barlow, B., Royal Field Artillery Barnett, Royal Army Service Corps Barnsley, G. Barrow, H. Barton, A. J. Basham, A. (Private) Royal West Kent Regiment Batterson, E.C. (Private) Wiltshire Regiment Beale, C.S. (2nd Lieutenant) Royal East Kent Regiment Beaumont, R. (Lieutenant) West Yorkshire Regiment Beech, W. Beechey Benden, R.H., London Regiment Benham, F. Bennett, H. Berry, S.R., Royal Fusiliers Bescobey, F. Best, London Regiment Biggs, P.J. Cottingham, W.J. (Private) Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport Company Court, R.S., Royal Flying Corps Crisp, F.V., Royal Fusiliers Cross, F.W. Cross, W., London Regiment Crutchley, W.T., The Royal Dragoons Carter, W.H. (Sergeant) Cambridge Regiment Clark, R.A. (Private) Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport Company Camp, R.A. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Curtis, A.C. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Cakebread, J. Carr, A. Carver, F. Castle, H., Middlesex Regiment Catchpole, A. Cattermole, F. (Private) Northumberland Fusiliers Chapman, G.W., Royal Berkshire Regiment Chappell, S. Charlotte, F.A., Kings Royal Rifle Corps Charlton, A. Cheverill, H. Chilcot, R., London Regiment Clare, H., Kings Royal Rifle Corps Clark Clark, F., Royal Army Service Corps Clarke, B., Royal Berkshire Regiment Clements, E. Clements, W. Clifford, A., Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport Company Cole, A.W. Cole, J.C. Coleman, W.J. Collett, Reserves Collins, W. Colmer, J.H. Cook, A. Cook, A.J. Cooper Cooper, E., Royal Horse Artillery Cotton, F. Dash, W.H. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Davis, W. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Day, EDay, H. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Deacon, J.D. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Dee, W. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Darlow Davies, A., London Regiment Dawe, A., Royal Flying Corps Day, A., Royal Flying Corps Day, A. Dexter, A. Dixon, R.J. (3rd Sergeant) Royal Army Service Corps Donne, J., Royal Army Service Corps Drury, N.H. Duffitt, T.B., London Regiment Dyer, C., London Regiment Dyke, A.W. Dymond, London Regiment Evans, C.B. (Lieutenant Sergeant) Queen's Westminster Rifles East, H.E., London Regiment Edmonds, E.H., Royal Army Service Corps Edwards, H. Eldridge, T.W. Elliott, A. Ellis, F., Royal Army Veterinary Corps Elwyn, R.J., Royal East Kent Regiment Emsworth, B.T. Frazer, D. (Company Quartermaster Sergeant) Queen's Westminster Rifles Furze, E.A.M. (Company Quartermaster Sergeant) Queen's Westminster Rifles Foale, F.E. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Frost, R.W. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Freeman, G. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Facer, H.H. Fairweather, E. Farley, H. Farrant, M.R. (Private) Worcester Regiment Finch Finch, H. Royal Army Service Corps Fisher, S.W. Fletcher, E.W. Fletcher, R.C. Flint, A., Royal Berkshire Regiment Fouget, French Army Fowler, F., Royal Army Service Corps Fowler, G., Royal Fusiliers Fox, A.E., Royal Fusiliers Frampton Freeman, B.P. Frisby, F.C., Royal Flying Corps Frost, R. Frowde, H., London Regiment Fuller, R., Royal West Kent Regiment Frost, B.L. (Sergeant Drummer) Suffolk Regiment Grummitt, W.D. Gudgeon, London Regiment Guilder, W. Gull, E. Gulliford, B. Guns, J. Gay, C.D. (Company Sergeant Major) Queen's Westminster Rifles Gutsell, F. (Sergeant) Queen's Westminster Rifles Giblett, L.H. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Glencross, S. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Gage, H. Gambrill, H. Gander, G.E., Royal Fusiliers Garrard, J. Garson, F., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Gates, W.G. George, E.V., Royal Horse Artillery George, W., Rifle Brigade Gerson, W. Gibbs, W.B. (Lieutenant Captain) London Regiment Gladwell, H. Gowers, S., Royal Welsh Fusiliers Grainey Grant, W. Gratwicke, A., Royal Fusiliers Gray, A.F., Honourable Artillery Company Greeb, E. Green, B. Green, H. Grover, A. Groves Howe, W.H. (Sergeant) Queen's Westminster Rifles Howell, C.P. (Captain) Queen's Westminster Rifles Hunt, W. (Captain) Queen's Westminster Rifles Haggerty, S.G. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Hodges, W.A. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Hoyle, O.R. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Hagarty, F. Hale, C., Royal Army Service Corps Hales, L.W., Royal Berkshire Regiment Hall, V.T., Royal East Kent Regiment Hammond, H. Hand, H. Hanman, G.H. (Private) London Regiment Hanscombe, H. Hanway, E.H. Hare Harnett, A. Harrison, T.G., London Scottish Regiment Hart Hart, W.S. (Sergeant) Suffolk Regiment Harvey, Queen's Westminster Rifles Hawkins, London Regiment Hawkins Healy, C., Royal Flying Corps Heap, M. Hennessey, S. Herman, F. Hicks, A.H., Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Hill, C. (2nd Lieutenant) Dorset Regiment Hill, J., Kings Royal Rufle Corps Holland, B.V. Homewood, S. Hopper, A.C., London Regiment Howard, W. Howell, R.J., Northumberland Fusiliers Howes, F. Hudson, G. Hunter, F. Huskinson, R. (Private) Honourable Artillery Corps Hutchins Hutchinson, F., Royal Army Medical Corps Hyland, R.C., London Regiment Johnson, H. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Jackson, G. Jarvis Jeffery, A.F., Seaforth Highlanders Jeffreys, J. Jenner, C.F., Royal Flying Corps Jenning, C., Royal Naval Reserve Jennings, F. Jessop, B. Johnson, A.J. Johnson, W., The Queen's Regiment Jones, B. Jones, D., London Regiment Jones, E. Jones, W. Judd, A.F. Justin, C.E. Jackaman, E.G. (Private) Royal Berkshire Regiment Jordon, E.H. (Private) Royal Army Veterinary Corps Kemp, W. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Kemp, W.F. (Private) Royal Air Force Kemp, Royal Fusiliers Kebble Keith, C.F. (Captain) Royal Army Pay Corps Kibble, B. King King, C. Kirby Knowles Kochem, Royal Army Service Corps Kruse, W. Luxon, S. (Private) Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport Lacey La Gache, H.P., French Army Lamb Lane, W.E. Lang, E. (Private) London Regiment Langworthy, F., Royal Army Medical Corps Latter Law, E. Leighton, G.E. Leman, F. Leonard, L. Leonard, W. Lockorish, W. (Private) Norfolk Regiment Lloyd, L. (Lieutant Colonel Distinguished Service Cross) Suffolk Regiment Lock Locker, W., Royal Berkshire Regiment Luxholme, B., Royal Garrison Artillery Medland, F. Meeham Megan, P. Mercer, G.S. Metcalfe, A. Meyer, S., London Regiment Meyers, W., Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Middleton, J. Mills Mann, L.S. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Mawer, H. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Mabson, W.J. Maggs, P.H. Makell, A. Markell, F. Martin Maskell, London Regiment Maskell, A., Royal Field Artillery Maskell, J., Royal Field Artillery Mason, E.T. May, J. Mayer, G. Maylin, F. (Private) Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport McIndoe, R., London Regiment Meadley, D. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Mills, W. Mitchell, J. (Sergeant) London Regiment Mizon, R., Royal Fusiliers Moore, A.J. Morris, T.E. Mumford, London Regiment Munro, J., London Regiment Myatt, J. (Lieutenant Sergeant) Queen's Westminster Rifles Nance, Life Guards Nathan, W.E. Naylor Neat, F., Seaforth Highlanders Neate, W.E., Seaforth Highlanders Newman, H. Nicholls, E., The Queen's Regiment Noble, C., Middlesex Regiment Norman, S., Devonport Depôt Norris, J. Oldham, W. (Rifleman) Royal Field Artillery O'Keefe, E., Queen's Westminster Rifles Osborne, C. Owen, J. Owen, T. Peacock, H.W., Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Pearcey, T. Peck, B.T. Pegram Perkins, T., London Regiment Perry, F. Pettifer Philip, A.J. (Sergeant) Queen's Westminster Rifles Phipps, C. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Pile, W. Poll, R. Porlors, F.E. Parker, W.B. (Lieutenant) East Surrey Regiment Potter, S., Middlesex Regiment Potticary, R.M., Royal Naval Air Service Preece, C., Royal Fusiliers Preece, G., Royal Welsh Fusiliers Presland, G. Price Pritchard, C.W. (Captain) Rifle Brigade Prosser, A. Pye Peacock, A. Payne, C.E. (Shoeing Smith) Royal Horse Artillery Page Palmer, G. Palmer, R., London Regiment Parcley, G. Parker, P.E., Middlesex Regiment Parkhurst, W. Partridge, J. Patch, A. Pavey, A. Payne, A.F. Peck, J.S. (Captain) Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport Quantrill, A. Quarm, C.P., West Surrey Regiment Roberts, G.P. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Roberts, T. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Robinson, A. Robinson, A.W.J., Queen's Westminster Rifles Roper, A.E. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Rose, London Regiment Rainbow Rosser, T.S., London Regiment Royce, E.H. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Ruddock Rundle, H. Ray, M.H., Middlesex Regiment Reader, S.L., Royal Army Service Corps Redwood, E., Royal Field Artillery Reeder, Royal Army Service Corp Reeves, G., Royal Fusiliers Relp, A.E. Reynolds, Middlesex Regiment Richards, F.J., London Regiment Richards, J.C. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Richardson, A., London Regiment Richier, 4th Regiment Field Artillery, French Army Rickards, H. Samson, T. (Sergeant) Queen's Westminster Rifles Sams, J.H. (Captain) Queen's Westminster Rifles Sangster, H. (Private) Gloucester Regiment Saunderson, H. Saxon Sellings, London Regiment Sheen, A., Royal Horse Artillery Sheen, H., Royal Fusiliers Shepherd, D.A. Simmons, J.B. (Captain) Queen's Westminster Rifles Smith, E. (Sergeant) Queen's Westminster Rifles Smith, J.D. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Smith, G.C. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Smith, F. (Captain) Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport Smith, A.S. Smith, G.C. Smith, H., Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Smith, W.E. Smart, J. (Private) Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport Soltry, A. Spoore, M.E. Spragg, C.S. Spragg, J. Spence, S.C.S. (Sergeant) Queen's Westminster Rifles Squires, C. Squires, J.A. Steggles, F.C. Stacey, H., Royal Army Service Corps Staines, J. Stanbridge, R., Norfolk Regiment Stevens, E.W. Strawson, H. Stubbs, L.M., Military Data Repository Sumpter, B. (Captain Military Medal) Middlesex Regiment Suttle, A., Middlesex Regiment Short, H. Short, H., Royal Irish Fusiliers Sharp, C.P.S. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Sharp, L.A.M. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Sheasby, H.G. (Private) Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport Skillington, C.F. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Skidmore, G., Royal Army Service Corps Slack, S.A. (Private) Royal Army Service Corps Slaughter, C.J. Tatham, H. Taylor, B.A. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Taylor, A. Taylor Terry, E. (Captain) Queen's Westminster Rifles, Royal Air Force Tebboth, E.J. (Private) Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport Theobald, W., London Regiment Thomas, H.W. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Thomas, Army Air Defence Thompson, J. (2nd Lieutenant) Thompson Thoms. N.W.B.B., (Lieutenant Colonel Distinguished Service Medal) New Zealand Staff Corps Thorns, L. (Major Order of the British Empire) East York Regiment General List Thorogood, F.G. Thorogood, Royal Fusiliers Topples, J.A., Royal School of Artillery Tozer, F., London Regiment Trebb Trett, R.C.C. Turner, C. Turney A. Turrell, S.H. Vaughan, Army Air Defence Vincent, A. Wade, Royal Flying Corps Warner Warwick, J.H. Watson, A. Watson, F.R. Walton, A.W. (Private) Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport Webb, E.T. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Webber, E., London Regiment Webster, E. Weller, H., Royal Fusiliers Wenman, S.A.W. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Wenman, (Lieutenant Captain) Queen's Westminster Rifles Wenman, H., Westcott, F.R. London Regiment Westcott, F.R. Whittle Wheatley, J. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Wilton, F.L. Williams, E. Williams, T., Machine Gun Corps Williams, A.V., London Regiment Wilmot, L.W. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Willis, W., Royal Irish Regiment Willshire, A. (Private) London Regiment Wilson, W., Seaforth Highlanders Withers, J.W.A. Wolfe, C. Woodbridge, S. (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Wood, London Regiment Woodger, H.W. Woodhams, F. Woodhouse, F. Woolnough, C.A. Woolford, (Rifleman) Queen's Westminster Rifles Yeatman, A. 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