 His particular association with the lyrics of A. E. Housman and the music of Elgar, and his death soon after the First World War, reinforce his embodiment of the lost Edwardian generation, perhaps the last in which his religious conviction could so thoroughly have endeared him to so many.At much the same time the Glasgow Orpheus Choir instituted a "Gervase Elwes Silver Medal", and the Feis Ceoil in Dublin inaugurated its "Gervase Elwes Memorial Cup".A choir named after him was established at Walsall.