PBI Posted 5 September , 2006 Share Posted 5 September , 2006 If any Forum Members require scans of Photographs of men who appear in this Book please feel free to ask.There portraits of 216 men in the Book,all of whom worked at Lloyds of London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Saunders Posted 5 September , 2006 Share Posted 5 September , 2006 If any Forum Members require scans of Photographs of men who appear in this Book please feel free to ask.There portraits of 216 men in the Book,all of whom worked at Lloyds of London. Is there an index of names by any chance? Also I presume this is an original you have picked up and not a modern reprint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Poilu Posted 5 September , 2006 Share Posted 5 September , 2006 My first job out of school was as an underwriting assistant at a marine box in the old Lloyds building, many years ago. An interest in the Great War was yet to develop - presumably there was a memorial within the building to the 'old boys'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kath Posted 5 September , 2006 Share Posted 5 September , 2006 Can you give more details of the Lloyds' book, please, pbi? Thanks, Kath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 5 September , 2006 Author Share Posted 5 September , 2006 The Book itself was printed by Lloyds of London and is an original,i have never seen a reprint of it anywhere else- see scan of cover.The Second picture shows the Lloyds Memorial sometime after the War ended,i have ask Lloyds what has happened tp this large Memorial and nobody there seems to know or care,perhaps someone can shed light on this sad state of affairs.As i mentioned the book contains a photo portrait of every Man who worked at the Lloyds Building along with a short set of Details. The Book itself was printed by Lloyds of London and is an original,i have never seen a reprint of it anywhere else- see scan of cover.The Second picture shows the Lloyds Memorial sometime after the War ended,i have ask Lloyds what has happened tp this large Memorial and nobody there seems to know or care,perhaps someone can shed light on this sad state of affairs.As i mentioned the book contains a photo portrait of every Man who worked at the Lloyds Building along with a short set of Details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 5 September , 2006 Author Share Posted 5 September , 2006 The Book itself was printed by Lloyds of London and is an original,i have never seen a reprint of it anywhere else- see scan of cover.The Second picture shows the Lloyds Memorial sometime after the War ended,i have ask Lloyds what has happened tp this large Memorial and nobody there seems to know or care,perhaps someone can shed light on this sad state of affairs.As i mentioned the book contains a photo portrait of every Man who worked at the Lloyds Building along with a short set of Details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Poilu Posted 5 September , 2006 Share Posted 5 September , 2006 The Lloyds building changed over to the now famous Richard Rodgers 'oil rig' in 1985/6 - IIRC it may (?) have moved once before in the 20th century - the idea that the memorial would not have moved with the building seems extraordinary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Saunders Posted 5 September , 2006 Share Posted 5 September , 2006 The Lloyds building changed over to the now famous Richard Rodgers 'oil rig' in 1985/6 - IIRC it may (?) have moved once before in the 20th century - the idea that the memorial would not have moved with the building seems extraordinary. The current building was at least the third building used by Lloyd's during the twentieth century. There may have been others. What strikes me as strange about "losing" the memorial is that every year their is a two minute silence and a memorial service of sorts conducted with the local TA (I think the HAC). I seem to remember that this happens on the 9th or 10th November (or previous Friday if falling in a weekend) rather than 11th November. But the point is the act of remembrance has not been forgotten - obviously the memorial was! Gwilym Lewis, a well known fighter pilot in the RFC, was a Lloyd's underwriter who retained links to the insurance industry right into his 80s. He was, apparently, regarded as the Old Man of Lloyd's, having been underwriting for around 60 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Poilu Posted 5 September , 2006 Share Posted 5 September , 2006 That's interesting stuff Jonathan - there is so much history entwined at Lloyds and for so many people there a huge sense of community that the memorial service does not surprise me - I cannot believe the memorial could have been lost though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 5 September , 2006 Author Share Posted 5 September , 2006 Is there any way then of finding out what happened to this rather large memorial,which consisted of two large panels set on each side of the Main entrance to the Old Building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Saunders Posted 5 September , 2006 Share Posted 5 September , 2006 Is there any way then of finding out what happened to this rather large memorial,which consisted of two large panels set on each side of the Main entrance to the Old Building. But which old building. The previous building was the '58 building and I dont remember the memorial there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Saunders Posted 5 September , 2006 Share Posted 5 September , 2006 That's interesting stuff Jonathan - there is so much history entwined at Lloyds and for so many people there a huge sense of community that the memorial service does not surprise me - I cannot believe the memorial could have been lost though. Its more of a Last Post ceremony rather than a service but the building comes to a complete stop for 2 minutes. Under the umbrella of "Lloyd's" employees of the London insurance market do an incredible amount for the surrounding communities, particularly with local youths in the deprived areas such as Shoreditch, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, so yes there is a huge emphasis of giving something back to the local communities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 6 September , 2006 Author Share Posted 6 September , 2006 Ok,time to start looking into what has Happened to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyspiller Posted 6 September , 2006 Share Posted 6 September , 2006 The Cambridge University Press used to have a memorial in their Fetter Lane office. The building has since been demolished and the memorial no longer exists. Fortunately the names were included on the CUP roll of honour and have been published on the excellent http://www.roll-of-honour.com/. Jill Knight also campaigned to get a memorial re-erected at the DTI. Maybe a web-site is called for? Rgds Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian turner Posted 6 September , 2006 Share Posted 6 September , 2006 I mentioned in the other thread - possibly lost in the Blitz? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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