Memorial details

Memorial type
Other memorial
District
Peterborough
Town
Peterborough
County
Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: November 1977
    Attended by:
  • Rededicated
    Date: 10 November 1995
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
1308

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Current location

At the front of the Royal Mail building.
Peterborough Mail Centre
Papyrus Road
Peterborough
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE4 5PE
England

OS Grid Ref: TF 16094 03137
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Royal Mail HQ
    Bourges Boulevard
    Peterborough
    Peterborough
    Cambridgeshire
    PE1 2AQ
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TF 18081 00713
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Brick platform of three steps on which sits an angled stone base. The First World War marble tablet is mounted on the angled face of the base; the Second World War tablet is mounted on a lower face. The memorial is enclosed within six bollards and a single strand chain.
Inscription
Top: THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY THEIR COMRADES TO THE / MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE / PETERBOROUGH AND DISTRICT / POST OFFICE STAFF / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (Names) / "LEST WE FORGET" Front: AND ALSO IN MEMORY OF / STAFF WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE 1939-1945 WAR.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Barrick, J
Bingham, F O
Bird, A
Ellis, T P
Fenby, T
Gell, W O
Hibbert, B J
Jackson, C W
Jakes, A
Mawer, A
See details for all 20 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 20
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 20
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Initials and surname.
    Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: depth 30mm, height 930mm, width 590mm
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Plinth
    Measurements: depth 1200mm, height 930mm, width 1000mm
    Materials: Stone - Limestone
  • Steps
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brick
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: depth 30mm, height 260mm, width 560mm
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
History
In 2007 the memorial was remounted on a new stone base and set on a stepped platform at Papyrus Road. In 1977 this replica First World War tablet was crafted and installed, along with the Second World War tablet, at the Royal Mail Headquarters in Bourges Boulevard.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Royal Mail
Reference
  • Local newspaper 'Peterborough Citizen November 1990.
  • Local newspaper 'Peterborough Advertiser' dated 27 Nov. 1920; regarding the dedication of the original World War tablet at Cumbergate.
  • Local newspaper 'Peterborough and Hunts Standard' dated 20 Nov. 1920: regarding the installation of the original World War 1 tablet at Peterborough Main Post Office in Cumbergate.
  • Peterborough Evening Telegraph dated 20 July 1994: regarding the discovery of the original World War 1 tablet from Cumbergate that had been misplaced in 1976.

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