Guy's Hospital War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 2019. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

Guy's Hospital War Memorial

WRENN ID
tenth-wattle-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 2019
Type
War memorial
Address
Guy's Hospital War Memorial, Kings College London, Guy's Campus, 18-20 Newcomen Street, London, SE1 1UL
OS grid reference
TQ 327 799
Coordinates
51.50299, -0.08902
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Guy's Hospital War Memorial is a war memorial arch that was unveiled in 1921. It is made of Portland stone and stands approximately 3.6 meters tall on a slightly raised platform at the southern end of a small garden square within the hospital grounds.

The north face of the arch features the inscription "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / 1914 - 1919," flanked by the shield of Guy's Hospital on either side. The faces of the piers below are inscribed with the names of those who fell in the war.

On the south side, the arch carries the inscription "ERECTED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE GUY'S MEN WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914 – 1919," with the years 1939 and 1945 inscribed on either side underneath. The shield of Guy's Hospital is again present on either side, and the piers beneath are also inscribed with the names of the fallen.

Local climate

Guy's Hospital War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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