Parliamentary War Memorial

The Parliamentary War Memorial is a stone monument at the Palace of Westminster that lists members of both the House of Commons and House of Lords who died during World War I. The names are carved into stone panels positioned beneath a gothic window in St Stephen's Porch.

The memorial was unveiled in 1922 to honor the loss suffered by Parliament during World War I, commemorating the fallen from both houses and senior staff. This inscription captured the impact of the war on the nation's leadership at that moment in history.

Bronze figures representing the patron saints of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales stand above the stone panels, honoring how different parts of the realm contributed to the war effort. They remind visitors that the sacrifice was shared across all nations of the United Kingdom.

The memorial stands in St Stephen's Porch at the southern end of Westminster Hall, accessible to visitors touring the Palace of Westminster. Plan your visit during quieter periods to have a more peaceful view of the stone panels and their inscriptions.

Gerald Arbuthnot was initially omitted from the memorial despite dying at the Battle of the Somme, an oversight that remained undetected for decades. His name was finally added to the stone panels in 2018, nearly a century after the war's end.