Imperial War Museum

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Reference WMO/296915

Address:

Lambeth Road

London

SE1 6HZ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Other structure/building
Materials:
  • Brick Brick
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A large stone tablet with gold lettering set above the museum's main entrance Founded during the First World War on 5 March 1917 following approval by the War Cabinet for the creation of a national war museum to record events as they were happening during the war. The museum moved to its present home in 1936 – formerly part of Bethlem Royal Hospital, a psychiatric institution, or ‘Bedlam’ as it was once popularly know – and was opened 7 July by the future King George VI.
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IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM / A MEMORIAL OF EFFORT AND SACRIFICE / 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945'

Grade II (England)

1385640

1385640

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