Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks

The Royal Military Chapel, St. James Park, known as the Guards Chapel, is the religious home of the Household Division at the Wellington Barracks in London. Constructed between 1839–40 in the style of a Grecian temple and restored in the 1870s,[1] the chapel was bombed during the Blitz in 1940/1941.

The Flanders Fields Memorial Garden is situated adjacent to the chapel.[2]

World War II attacks

On Sunday 18 June 1944 the chapel was hit again, this time by a V1 during the morning service. The explosion of the V1 collapsed the concrete roof onto the congregation, with 121 killed and 141 injured persons (military and civilians).

Using the memorials from the old chapel as foundations,[1] in the 1960s it was rebuilt in a modern style. In 1970 it was given Grade II* listed status.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bromley & Bromley 2015, p. 585.
  2. ↑ "The Queen leads remembrance events in London". BBC News Online. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Historic England, "Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks (1066441)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 October 2016
Bibliography
  • Bromley, Janet; Bromley, David (2015). Wellington's Men Remembered Volume 2: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo- Volume II: M to Z. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-4738-5768-1.

Coordinates: 51°30′01″N 0°08′08″W / 51.5003°N 0.1356°W / 51.5003; -0.1356

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