GUARDS OFFICERS (LOST)

UKNIWM Ref: 48640

Address

GUARDS CHAPEL (OLD)
BIRDCAGE WALK
WESTMINSTER
GREATER LONDON
ENGLAND
SW1E

Type:	BOARD/PLAQUE/TABLET
Other Location Details:	ABOVE THE WESTERN GALLERY
OS Map Ref:	TQ 292 795

Inscription

ABOVE TABLETS: AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM, ET IN PIAM MEMORIAM PRAETORIANORUM, QUI, PRO PATRIA ET REGE PUGNANTES, WEL IN ACIE OCCISI, HAS TABULAS PONENDAS CURAVERUNT COMMILITONES
(TRANSLATION: TO THE GREAT GLORY OF GOD, AND IN SACRED MEMROY OF GUARDSMEN, WHO, WHILE FIGHTING FOR COUNTRY AND KING, WERE EITHER KILLED IN ACTION, DIED FROM DISEASE OR WOUNDS, THESE TABLETS HAVE BEEN ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW SOLDIERS)

TABLETS: (NAMES)

Components

Component	Material(s)	Condition
FRAME	MARBLE - SICILIAN	LOST
TABLET	MARBLE - CARRARA	LOST
TABLETS	MARBLE - RED	LOST

Physical Description

TEN RED MARBLE TABLETS WITH A SICILIAN MARBLE FRAME. ENGRAVED BADGE ON A CIRCULAR CARRARA MARBLE TABLET PLACED ABOVE EACH TABLET. EACH BADGE IS OF EACH OF THE SOVERIEGNS WHO WERE REIGNING AT THE TIME OF THE CAMPIAGNS WHICH ARE COMMEMORATED.

BADGES ABOVE EACH OF THE TABLETS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
TABLET ONE: BADGE OF KING CHARLES II AND BADGE OF KING JAMES II
TABLET TWO: BADGE OF KING WILLIAM III AND QUEEN MARY II
TABLET THREE: BADGE OF QUEEN ANNE
TABLET FOUR: BADGE OF KING GEORGE II
TABLET FIVE, SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT: BADGE OF KING GEORGE III
TABLET NINE AND TEN: BADGE OF QUEEN VICTORIA

Wars Commemorated & People Remembered

War	17th Century Wars
Total names on memorial:	7
Served & Returned	0
Died	7
Is this an exact count?	Yes, an exact count
How are the names ordered?	year died > place of death > regiment > rank > forename
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	Yes

War	Zulu Wars (1879)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	2
Died	2
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	year died > place of death > regiment > rank > forename
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	Ashanti Wars (1823-1900)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	1
Died	1
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	Crimean War (1853-1856)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	27
Died	27
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	year died > place of death > regiment > rank > forename
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename, additional
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	Colonial India
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	1
Died	1
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	18
Died	18
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	year died > place of death > regiment > rank > forename
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	North America (1812-1815)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	5
Died	5
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	year died > place of death > regiment > rank > forename
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	82
Died	82
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	year died > place of death > regiment > rank > forename
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	American Revolution (1776-1783)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	13
Died	13
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	year died > place of death > regiment > rank > forename
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	18th Century Wars
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	1
Died	1
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename, additional
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	Seven Years War (1756-1763)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	9
Died	9
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	year died > place of death > regiment > rank > forename
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	15
Died	15
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	year died > place of death > regiment > rank > forename
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	20
Died	20
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	year died > place of death > regiment > rank > forename
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename, additional
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	League of Augsburg (1688-1697)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	39
Died	39
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	year died > place of death > regiment > rank > forename
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename, additional
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	South African Wars
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	1
Died	1
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

Maintenance

Are the letters difficult to read?	No
Who is responsible for the memorial?
Maintenance History:	1944: MEMORIAL WAS LOST WHEN THE CHAPEL WAS DESTROYED BY A FLYING BOMB

Ceremonies

Date:	C 1879

Role	Performed By
UNVEILING	UNKNOWN

Sponsorships

Sponsorship Type:	None
Did this include a trust or scholarship?	No
Did this include a roll of honour?	NOT APPLICABLE
Cost of Site:	Not known
Cost of Memorial:	Not known
Comments on Costs:

Craftsmen

Name	Occupation
STEPHEN TUCKER	DESIGNER

References

Co-ordinator's Comments:
Comments:
Photographs:	N
Other Documents:	None
Form / Letter:	O
Negatives:	No
Drawings / Plans:	No
Minutes:	No
Publications:	1

Publication Name	Author	Date Published	Page / Date	Other Information
THE GUARDS' CHAPEL	WILKINSON, N	1938	93 197-205