War memorials in organizational memory: a case study of the Bank of England

Figures & data

Figure 1. World War I Memorial of St Christopher.

Figure 2. World War II Memorial.

Table 1. Memorials and commemoration of the Banks of England’s war dead.

Conflict	Memorial	Location
World War I	Statue of St Christopher and the Holy Child in the Garden Court	Head Office, Threadneedle Street, London
World War II	Bronze wreath with inscription	Head Office, Threadneedle Street, London
World War I	Stone panels engraved with names of the dead	Head Office, Threadneedle Street, London
World War II	Stone panels engraved with names of the dead	Head Office, Threadneedle Street, London
World War I	Stained Glass window	Bank of England Printing Department, St Luke’s, London
World War I	Fund for a hospital bed with a commemorative brass plaque	St Guy’s Hospital, London
World War I	Memorial Tablet	Liverpool Branch, Liverpool
World War II	Memorial Tablet	Liverpool Branch, Liverpool
World War I	Memorial Tablet	Newcastle Branch, Newcastle
World War I	Memorial Tablet	Manchester Branch, Manchester

Source: The Bank and National Events: War Memorials, December 1921–April 1949, File P661, Memorandum, July 1947. The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, Vol. 1, March 1921–December 1922, pp. 34–35 and Vol. II, March 1923–December 1924, p. 113.

Table 3. Bank of England Staff killed in two world wars.

	On active service					Civilians
1914–1918	On National service	H.O.	Branches	St Luke’s	Total	H.O.	Branches	Total
Men	414	53	13	6	72	0	0	0
1939–1945
Men	1368	43	1	5	49	8	0	8
Women	841	2	0	0	2	4	1	5
Total	2209	45	1	5	51	12	1	13

Source: The Bank and National Events: War Memorials, December 1921–April 1949, File P661, Memorandum, July 1947.

Table 2. Members of the War Memorial Committee.

Department	Elected/appointed to the bank	Age	Position	Total salary
Cashiers Department, Branch Bank Office	1890	46	First-class clerk	£400
Chief Account’s Department	1903	38	First-class clerk	£320
Accounts Department, India office	1893	46	First-class clerk	£365
Accountants Department, Dividend Office	1893	44	First-class clerk	£365
Accountants Department, Colonial and Corporation Stocks office	1895	44	First-class clerk	£360
Cashiers Department, Drawing office for private accounts	1895	44	Second-class clerk	£340
Cashiers Department, Drawing Office for public accounts	1897	39	Second-class clerk	£330
Cashiers Department, Securities Office	1878	59	Superintendent (nightly watch)	£430
Accountant’s Department, Dividend Account Office	1887	52	Superintendent (nightly watch)	£430
Accountant’s Department, Register Office	1899	37	Superintendent (nightly watch)	£385
Door Keepers, messengers and porters	1885	57	Gate porter	£180, 14s
Women’s clerks	1900	39	Clerk	£180
Women’s clerks	1897		Assistant to superintendent	£200
Mechanics and others employed on weekly wages, Machinists	1904	37	Foreman Com. Printing Room	£192, 8s
Women’s clerks	1902	35	Assistant to superintendent	£175

Source: Bank of England Archives, E6/4, The Bank and National Events: War Memorials, A General Meeting of the Staff to consider the promotion of a memorial to our colleagues fallen in the war, 18 February 1919; E20/122, House List, 1919