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British Medical Association War Memorial
United Kingdom
For medical men and women from the British Empire and Commonwealth in the Second World War
Unveiled1954
Location51°31′34″N 0°07′42″W / 51.5261°N 0.1284°W / 51.5261; -0.1284
Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London
Designed byJames Woodford
IN HONOUR OF THE MEDICAL MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameWar Memorial at British Medical Association House
Designated15 April 1988
Reference no.1378969

The British Medical Association War Memorial, officially the War Memorial at British Medical Association House, Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London, commemorates men and women of the medical professions from the British Empire and Commonwealth who died in the Second World War. The memorial was commissioned by the British Medical Association and designed by the sculptor James Woodford. Unveiled in 1954 by Sir John McNee, then President of the BMA, and dedicated by Geoffrey Fisher, the Archbishop of Canterbury, it became a Grade II* listed structure in 1998.

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