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War memorial (mostly WW1) to employees of the British Museum
« on: Wednesday 17 November 10 12:02 GMT (UK) »
A list of names of British Museum employees who died in WW1 and WW2:-

To the memory of the men whe went from this Museum and fought and fell in the War 1914-1918:
Ian A.K. Burnett
Frank Derrett
C.R. Dunt
W.J. Eden
S.W. Littlejohn
H. Michie
John F.T. Nash
E. Pullen
J.M. Seeley
R. Sheehy
A.C. Stewart


1939-1945
Peter Alderton
Harry C. Lamacraft
Harold R. Mills
David G. Wye

There is a b/w photograph of the memorial in the British Museum Quarterly 18:2(1953). It was 'cut in the stone of the pilaster to the east of the principal entrance (at that time?) in the south portico'.

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Re: War memorial (mostly WW1) to employees of the British Museum
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 08 September 11 06:50 BST (UK) »
http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/480036/person/1277365727/media/a14f9206-9379-4181-a2a8-64a0d021dec7?pg=32768&

I have a photo taken by my husband in my tree of world 2 bit of the memorial
as david gordon wye is 5th cousin of mine

I have tried to attach a photo hope it works
wye   cook/e and c/kale worplestpn surrey
 Harrison hall frimley
ebbage  and Maltby (someimes with out the t )norfolk
 Lawrence all different ways norfolk and Londonand bucklebury
Pratt kings Lynn and beyond
pope kennington London
stubbs southhamton
irsh shoemakers