Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Leicester
- Town
- Meridian Park
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14753
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Current location
Staff Entrance
Mail Centre
Centurian Way
Meridian Park
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE19 1LE
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 54610 01986
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- In the Entrance
Post Office
Bishop Street
Leicester
Leicester
Leicestershire
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 580 040
Denomination: Undefined
- In the Entrance
- Description
- Oxidised copper plaque with enamel inlay
- Inscription
- IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN / ATTACHED TO THE LEICESTER POST OFFICE / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 /[names]/ THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THEIR COLLEAGUES WHO ALSO ENDOWED / A COT AT THE LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allsebrooke, G
Atkins, A
Atter, T
Baguley, G
Barfield, A
Barradell, G
Battle, E
Berry, J
Brailsford, H
Bryan, H
See details for all 62 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 63
Served and returned: 0
Died: 63
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 500mm, width 660mm
Materials: Copper, Enamel
- Tablet
- 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
- Leicester Postal Workers WWI
- WMO ID: 241150
- Condition: Good [last updated on 21-11-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - 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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