Novello House - aka 152-160 Wardour Street - was originally built circa 1905 by the Novello & Co Ltd sheet music publishing company as their Central London base - what is now our Piano Hall was originally designed and built to show Novello's sheet music prints.
During the Great War of 1914-1918, many of Novello's staff went into service; many never returned. Novello & Co commissioned a dedication plaque in their memory. The plaque remained on display at Novello House until the mid-1970s (Novello & Co having vacated the premises in 1965).
Musuem of Soho volunteer Mark Brisenden recently led a campaign and research effort to restore the plaque to its original location within Novello House, now the home of Yamaha Music London.
The newly rehomed plaque was unveiled in a re-dedication ceremony on 29th July 2015, commemorating and remembering those Novello staff members who never made it home.
| DEDICATED | |
| TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE | |
| MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF | |
| NOVELLO & CO LTD | |
| WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR | |
| 1914 - 1918 | |
| JANE ALLPORT | H.J. KNOWERS |
| V.A. BECHSTEIN | C.R. LITTON |
| G.H. CARTER | G. LOUIS |
| F.R. COOKE | A. MACK |
| C.H. CORNELL | G.A. RICKETTS |
| E. CRANE | A.G. ROBEY |
| C.W. DURHAM | H.A. ROURKE |
| H.J. FAVELL | J.A. TINGLEY |
| G.L.E. KEEFER | J.A.R.TINHAM |
| E.A. WARDLEY | |
| C. WOODYER | |
