Erection date: 20/11/1921
{At the top of the monument beneath a paschal lamb:}
The Queens
22nd Battn London Regt 1914 - 1918
{A list of 920 names is inscribed on the 13 panels on the back wall, with 11 late additions on the side wall behind the right square pillar; 930 names in all (excluding one duplicate). See Subjects commemorated:}
{On the square pillar to the left, front:}
Pristinae Virtututis Memor
Be thou mindful of the courage of him that is fallen.
{On the square pillar to the left, side:}
Aubers
Festubert 1915
Loos
Somme 1916 - 1918
Flers - Courcelette
Le Transloy
Messines 1917
Ypres 1917
Cambrai 1917
St Quentin
Bapaume
Ancre 1918
Albert 1918
Pursuit to Mons
{On the square pillar to the right, front:}
Vel Exuviae Triumphant.
For his very ashes do cry out in triumph.
{On the square pillar to the right, side:}
France and
Flanders 1915 - 18
Dojran 1917
Macedonia 1916 - 17
Gaza
El Mughar
Nebi Samwil
Jerusalem
Jericho
Tell Asur
Megiddo
Sharon
Palestine 1917 -18
{Plaque on left planter beneath a paschal lamb:}
Col C. H. Nice TD DL 1912 - 1995.
{Plaque on right planter beneath a paschal lamb:}
Col J. G. Bevington TD 1903 - 1994
{Plaque beneath central back panel:}
This panel was added to commemorate all ranks of the 6th Bermondsey Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment who gave their lives during the war of 1939 - 1945.
Their names are entered in the roll of honour in the parish church.
{Plaque at the right of the monument, beneath a paschal lamb:}
This memorial is a Grade II listed monument unveiled in 1921 to honour the men of 22nd Battalion The London Regiment who lost their lives in the First World War. A plaque at the base honours those of 6th Bermondsey Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment who fell in the Second World War.
Unveiled by General Sir Charles Monro.
This memorial is on the as having 921 names but the names are not listed there. We transcribed the list (see Subjects commemorated) and counted 920 names listed on the back wall (though one of these, Wilks is given twice, so 919 unique names) mainly in alphabetical sequence. Blank space was left between the names beginning with A and those beginning with B, etc. so late additions could be inserted there. There are another 11 names given on the right hand wall - very late additions one assumes.
Site: 22nd Battalion, London Regiment Memorial (1 memorial)
SE1, Old Jamaica Road, 2, Queen's Court
Originally erected adjacent to the yard of the Battalion's drill hall, along the boundary fronting onto Old Jamaica Road. In 1953 the drill hall was extended and the memorial was incorporated into the exterior wall of the new building. The memorial originally had a chain across the front which hung from the inside of the square pillars (the metal anchors remain) and was supported along its length by two low tapering stone piers. The chain and the piers have now been lost. In 1994 the memorial was restored; the lettering was re-cut into the stone where it had suffered from environmental damage.
Possibly Bevington and Nice were responsible for the restoration and, when they died during the project, it was decided to add their names, on the planters.
The current block of flats was built 2014-15. The memorial was removed before the works started and was reinstalled and re-dedicated on 1st September 2015. shows the memorial installed on the previous building on this site, a mid 20th century Territorial Army Centre.
We cannot find an image of the memorial on its original building. The shows a "Drill Hall" on Abbey Street and this shows the "Drill Hall" newly built on Old Jamaica Road. That presumably is the building on which the memorial was unveiled.
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Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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