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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wolverhampton
- Town
- Wolverhampton
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11 September 1921
Attended by: Mr W. A. Thomas -District Goods Manager - Dedicated
Date: 11 September 1921
Attended by: Rev. S Yelland Richards - Rev. R. H. Little - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1418
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Current location
On bridge between platforms
111
Wolverhampton Railway Station
Railway Drive
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 1LJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 91957 98862
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- District Goods Managers Office
Queen St
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- District Goods Managers Office
- Description
- Nowy headed plaque with inscription in three columns. Oak leaf border around the edge and badge of the railway company at the top centre of the plaque Originally in oak frame
- Inscription
- Left and Right sides: (Names) Centre: 1914 1918 / THIS TABLET / WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF OUR / BRAVE COMRADES WHO MADE / THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN / THE GREAT WAR. / ALL WERE EMPLOYEES OF THE/ L & N.W.R. CO., IN THE GOODS DEPARTMENT / WOLVERHAMPTON DISTRICT. / "THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE" / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, L R
Beech, J C
Bromley, C
Cartwright, H
Clews, J T
Cooper, T
Cotterill, W
Cox, F
Dalloway, J
Dancer, W
See details for all 68 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 68
Served and returned: 0
Died: 68
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- The L&NWR Society Journal - Vol. 2 Number 6 June 1998
- Railway Gazette 30 sep. 1921 p.513
- The Railway Magazine v.49 p.358 (Nov. 1921)
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