{Below the dates for WW1:}
1939   1945

{Between the central memorial and the panels carrying the WW1 names, on both sides, are panels carrying the WW2 names:}
{List of 227 names.}

{Around the archivolt:}
They gave us peace by their warfare and life by their death.

{Upon pediment, a bronze shield with:}
S. E. {for Stock Exchange}

{Central marble panel, either side of a crown:}
G (V)  R {For George Rex, or King George V. The 'V' is actually, rather neatly, inside the 'G'.}
To the memory of those men who went out from this house and died for their king and country.

{Below this panel, a bronze wreath, with, either side:}
1914     1918

{On either side of this central memorial, beyond panels of dark marble, large white marble tablets on which are inscribed the names of the 408 fallen: members of the Stock Exchange, staff hands and clerks.}
{List of 408 names.}

{On the ornate marble frame:}
War in South Africa, 1899-1902

{Bronze panel showing a Boer War battle scene.}

In memory of members and clerks of the Stock Exchange who died for their country.

{Inscribed on the marble wall below the frame:}

{List of 24 names showing: surname, forename initials, rank, regiment.}

Designed by Mr. Thomas Brock, RA, London

{Plaque on the floor in front of the figures:}

St Michael and St George, bronze, Sir Thomas Brock, sculptor, 1847 - 1922

These statues were sculpted by Sir Thomas Brock whose studio was based on this site during the late 19th century.

Brock was one of the most revered sculptors of monuments and statues during the Victorian era. He first came to prominence as the understudy of John Henry Foley helping him complete the statue of Prince Albert at the Albert Memorial opposite the Royal Albert Hall.

He was later handed his most famous commission, the Queen Victoria Memorial, completed in 1911 and located outside Buckingham Palace.

These statues were sculpted for and displayed in the London Stock Exchange but were stored following bomb damage to the building in 1945. They have rarely been displayed since.

Special thanks to the London Stock Exchange for the loan of these works.

Please do not touch.
No photography allowed.

Thomas Brock: Forgotten Sculptor of the Victoria Memorial provides a photo of the St Michael and St George statues that were originally part of the Stock Exchange WW1 memorial. The text says: "The figure of St Michael is one of the best pieces of modelling that ever came from his {Thomas Brock's} studio." The photo is captioned: "St Michael and St George unveiled as part of the Stock Exchange War Memorial 1922: now at One Osnaburgh Street, London."

Behind St Michael can be seen a foundation stone unveiled by the Queen Mother in 1967. This indicates that the building with the green marble hallway was built in 1967.  We can find no such building remaining in Osnaburgh Street so it seems likely that it was the demolished Goodyear House.

The fact of the double photo indicates that the figures were separated by something: more of the lost Stock Exchange memorial? A staircase?

{At the top around a simple carved crown:}
To the glory of God and in memory of the men of this parish who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914 -1919.

{On the wooden panel below are 138 names.}

In memory of the freemen & apprentices of the Watermen's Company who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914 - 1918.
This asylum was restored in 1920 by the subscriptions of members and friends.
Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Memorial stone of the new Baptist Chapel, erected 1863.
S. K. Bland - Arch.

Memorial stone of the old Baptist Chapel, erected 1819.

This chapel was seriously damaged by enemy action Sunday 17th January 1943. It was re-opened for public worship Sunday 4th July 1948.

{Panel at the left:}
In memory of the 1014 inhabitants of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell who lost their lives in the enemy attacks on London 1939 -1945.

{Panel at the right:}
In memory of the 709 inhabitants of the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey who lost their lives in the enemy attacks on London 1939 -1945.

{Central panel:}
{Crest of Southwark Council}
United to serve

In memory of 925 inhabitants of Southwark who lost their lives in the enemy attacks on London 1939 - 1945.

The following members of the civil defence services gave their lives in the service of the community.
{On the front face of the alter-like structure, 62 names are listed in surname sequence.}

{Note the laurel wreath above the arch.}

Parish of Saint Mary Newington Public Library
This stone was laid on the 1st day of November 1892 by the Revd. Canon Palmer, MA, Rector of the Parish.

Commissioners:
G. T. Palmer, MA - Chairman
H. A. Brydges
R. C. Davis
J. Hattersley
T. J. Hester
W. J. Mills
J. Nobes
J. Piggott
G. H. Wavell

L. J. Dunham - Hon. Sec.
E. B. l'Anson - Architect
J. Grover & Son - Builders

This stone was laid by Sidney Martin Vanheems on the 9th day of Sept 1916.

This stone was laid by Martin S. Vanheems on the 8th day of Jan. 1955. This building replaces one recorded on the stone below - demolished by enemy action on Nov. 30th 1940. Architects: Slater Uren & Pike
Builders: Gee Walker & Slater

{Below the Middlesex badge:}
This memorial, bearing the names of those from this district who fell in action, died of wounds, disease or from other causes during the South African Campaign, 1899 -1902, was erected by the Brentford Urban District Council as a lasting record of their bravery, patriotism and devotion to the Empire.

{List of 13 names - see Subjects commemorated.}

{At the lower right:}
Doulton & Co. Limited, Lambeth

Site of the house in which John Milton wrote 'Paradise Lost' and died 1674.
Society of Arts, 1901.

In memory of three members of the London Auxiliary Fire Service who died as a result of enemy action near this site while fighting fires at Nos. 5-9 Dod Street on the night of 19th/20th March 1941.
Fm. George James Cook
Fm. Hyman Feldman
Fm. John James Munday
AFS London

Evelyn Ticehurst, air raid warden, lived here in 1939.