Civil Service Rifles War Memorial
The Civil Service Rifles War Memorial is a First World War memorial located on the riverside terrace at Somerset House in central London, England. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled in 1924, the memorial commemorates the 1,240 members of the Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles regiment who were killed in the First World War.Photo: HJ Mitchell, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Somerset House.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Somerset House
Arts center
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Somerset House is a large neoclassical building complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge.
Waterloo Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Secretlondon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Waterloo Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges. Waterloo Bridge is situated 690 feet south of Civil Service Rifles War Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Clement Danes and Covent Garden.
St Clement Danes
Neighborhood
St Clement Danes was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Covent Garden
Photo: Hamster28, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.
South Bank
Photo: Bloodholds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one of the city's cultural centres. It is a small area but it contains many artistic and creative sites, as well as an eclectic range of other attractions, boutique shopping and trendy food and drink places.
Civil Service Rifles War Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Description: World War I memorial in Somerset House, London
- Categories: World War I memorial and historic site
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51038° or 51° 30′ 37″ northLongitude
-0.11756° or 0° 7′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV6J+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 3007488908OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q16683234
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