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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Huntingdon
- Town
- Huntingdon
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1923
Attended by: LADY SANDWICH
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 297
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Current location
Wall mounted in public callers area
Delivery Office
Penfold Court
Huntingdon
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 7AB
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 23941 71929
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Post Office
George Street
Huntingdon
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 3BE
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 23637 71795
Denomination: Undefined
- Post Office
- Description
- Large rectangular plain white marble tablet for WW1 with the names in a single column in black lettering. Smaller rectangular white marble tablet below for WW2.
- Inscription
- 1914 + 1919/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE/ HUNTINGDON AND DISTRICT POST OFFICE STAFF/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR THE/ CAUSE OF FREEDOM IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES ORDERED BY HOME VILLAGE)/" LEST WE FORGET"/ 1939 +- 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Butler, H
Chamberlain, F J
Clack, C T
Clark, S C
Coles, E W
Crick, J W
Hand, J J
Hart, T
Kemp, F S A
Page, A E
See details for all 12 names - Commemorations
- 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: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname,place of work, initials of forenames
Order of information: place of work
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: depth 40MM, height 920MM, width 710MM
Materials: Marble - White - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- First World War memorial
- 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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