The War Memorial
ance, some of them as an addition to their daily toil at the Yard. Those who returned were welcomed back by the General Manager, in presence of their colleagues, at a gathering at the Memorial Hall on May 22, 1919, when the announcement was made that in "Peace week" every member of the staff would receive double pay. The Father of the Printers' Chapel thanked the Directors for their gift and commented on the faithful fulfilment by the firm of the promise to reinstate all the soldier employees. A silent tribute was paid to the memory of the men who had perished, thirty-two in number. Of them a chaste mural memorial, provided by the Directors and staff, from the design of Mr. Sydney Tatchell, F.R.I.B.A., is to be seen on the eastern side of the Yard. Within a frame of laurel in cast bronze are engraved, in plain Roman lettering, the names of the men who fell, and below is the quotation, "Their name liveth for evermore." The memorial was unveiled by the Lord Mayor, Sir Edward Cooper, on March 1, 1920, in the presence of the staff and the relatives of those whose places at the Yard know them no more. Sir Arthur Spurgeon read out the names of the men who had won distinction in the war, and announced that in order that those who had fallen might be held in everlasting remembrance, a laurel wreath would be affixed to the tablet on each recurring anniversary of the signing of peace in all the years to come.
The community spirit revealed on such occasions has always permeated La Belle Sauvage, where the traditions of John Cassell are warmly cherished and the name of the House is a source of pride to all its inhabitants. Cassell was a pioneer, always reaching on to new enterprises. He set a hard pace for his successors. They have followed it, subject, of course, to the variations and limitations that beset every mundane undertaking, with consistent success. Never was the adventurous and eager spirit of John Cassell more predominant in the House than now. It was Cassell's chief merit as a business man that he not
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