Faced with the dilemma of how to commemorate the dead, many organisations created Honour Rolls or memorials. The Institution created an ornate board, recording the names of its war dead, which is hung on the first floor landing. Here, each is listed by name and date of death. Under each name are their membership dates, their professional post at time of joining, their service posting and any details of their death or medals awarded to them. Where they exist, a contemporaneous obituary can also be read. Stories to commemorate the men are posted on the archive.
Membership information is taken from our application forms, service and death information from their official service records. The obituaries were written by the IMechE. Where contradictions exist eg on date of death these have been left unless there is clear evidence as to which piece of information is correct.
1,270 Institution members and eight staff members went on active service: 90 members and one member of staff died as a result of the conflict. All the membership records for the war period are available online. In 1916 the Institution's Council decided that any man on active service who was approaching/over the age of 28 could apply for Associate Membership without having to sit an examination.
Contact the archive team if you have a question about the World War I Honour Roll.