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thumb thumb The Civil Service Rifles War Memorial is a war memorial in London that commemorates the service of soldiers in the Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles in the First World War. It was designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1923, and was unveiled in the quadrangle at Somerset House in London in 1924. It was relocated to the terrace beside the River Thames in 2002. ==Background== In 1914, the 15th (County of London) Battalion of the London Regiment (the Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles) was a unit in the Territorial Army, then part of the 4th London Brigade, in the 2nd London Division. The soldiers were at their annual camp on Salisbury Plain when war broke out in August 1914. The battalion was mobilised on 4 August 1914, and trained in England, before being sent to the Western Front in 1915. The battalion served in the 47th (London) Division, at the Battle of Loos in 1915, the Battle of the Somme in 1916, the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, and in the Hundred Days Offensive in 1918. A 2nd battalion was raised and served in France, then Salonika and Palestine. Both battalions were disbanded after the war, having lost 1,240 officers and men killed. A war memorial for the Civil Service Rifles was suggested in 1919 by Colonel Parish DSO MC, who had served as the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion. It took several years to secure funding, with public donations, some from the regiment's funds, and the proceeds of sales of a regimental history. Permission to erect a memorial in the quadrangle at Somerset House was eventlally given by the Office of Works in July 1923. At that time, Somerset House was still used as civil service offices, and the quadrangle was one of the locations where the battalion was trained and paraded. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Civil Service Rifles War Memorial」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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