Gravesend Post Office

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 07th March 1920
Attended by: MR W C DIXON

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

16441

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Current location

Wall mounted in callers office
144-145
Gravesend Delivery Office
Milton Road
Gravesend
Gravesham
Kent
DA12 2AA
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 65041 74030
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Copper Plaque in wooden frame

Inscription

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY/THE STAFF OF THE POST OFFICE/GRAVESEND AND DISTRICT AS/A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY/OF THEIR BRAVE COMRADES/WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN/THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/AND WHOSE NAMES ARE INSRIBED/HEREON/[names]/LEST WE FORGET

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Dadds, W G
Dix, W J
Henchliffe, A
Hibbin, A V
Lambert, J
Lewis, R
Lovett, W H T
Rose, N A
Shrosbree, G L
See details for all 9 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Copper
Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood

Listing information

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Condition

Gravesend Post Office WW1
WMO ID: 255790
Condition: Good [last updated on 13-10-2019]
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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Royal Mail

Reference

catalogue.postalmuseum.org/collections/getrecord/GB813_Mem57

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