Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Islington
- Town
- Clerkenwell
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 01 January 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 11374
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Current location
On external wall by corner of Rosebery Avenue and Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Sorting Office
Rosebery Avenue
Clerkenwell
Islington
Greater London
EC1R 4SQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ31147 82314
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- West End Delivery Office
35-50 Rathbone Place
Westminster
City Of Westminster
Greater London
W1T 1AA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 284 814
Denomination: Undefined - Wimpole Street Post Office
Wimpole Street
Westminster
City Of Westminster
Greater London
W1G
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 280 810
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- West End Delivery Office
- Description
- White tablet flanked by ionic columns which support an arch; beneath the arch is a gilded wreath and sword with latin inscription carved into stone. A plain brass plaque had been added to the bottom with names of WW2 dead. Memorial and plinth underneath it are about 8 ft tall.
- Inscription
- PRO PATRIA/ ET LIBERTATE/ TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF/ OUR HEROIC COMRADES WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ SUBSCRIBED FOR AND ERECTED BY THEIR COLLEAGUES/ OF THE WESTERN POSTAL DISTRICT/ AS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THEIR SELF-SACRIFICE/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abrahall, J
Adams, E C
Alexander, A H H
Alldred, J S
Ansley, J E A
Arnold, E G
Bagust, H O
Bagwell, G J
Baker, R W
Barnard, S F
See details for all 185 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 129
Served and returned: 0
Died: 129
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 56
Served and returned: 0
Died: 56
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Arch
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Column
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Tablet
- Listing information
- Postal Workers' War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Baltic Waters WW1
- WMO ID: 194721
- Condition: Good [last updated on 23-11-2017]
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- Costs
Comments: Funding was raised by staff of Western Postal District
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Responsibility
- Royal Mail
- Reference
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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