Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tower Hamlets
- Town
- Poplar
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18045
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Current location
wall mounted in sorting hall
by the locker area
310
Delivery Office.
Burdett Road
Poplar
Tower Hamlets
Greater London
E14 7AE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 36916 81206
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Royal Mail Sorting Office
East India Dock Road
Poplar
Tower Hamlets
Greater London
E14
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 370 800
Denomination: Undefined
- Royal Mail Sorting Office
- Description
- Wall mounted Nowy headed white marble tablet with black lettering. Ornate carving either side of central inscription ending at base with a scroll effect.
- Inscription
- PRO PATRIA/ 1914-1919/ In Grateful Remembrance of/ THE OFFICERS OF POPLAR S.O./ WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ "LEST WE FORGET"/ ALSO/ (Names)/ 1939 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Acland, T S
Armstrong, E
Bradford, C V
Cawthorne, A E
Cooding, C E
Corbett, A H
Delaney, A A
Farnley, W B C
Haggerty, J J
Harrison, J C
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames, decorations
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- 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
- 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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