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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Waltham Forest
- Town
- Leytonstone
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 40026
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Current location
Wall-mounted on First Floor Landing - West staircase
Delivery Office
Joseph Ray Rd
Leytonstone
Waltham Forest
Greater London
E11 1AA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 39335 86929
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH BLACK LETTERING. BRACKETS AT BASE. CARVED COLUMNS AT EITHER SIDE.
- Inscription
- THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ OFFICERS OF LEYTONSTONE SORTING OFFICE/ WHO IN DEFENCE OF THEIR KING AND / COUNTRY, LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES./ "THEY DID THEIR DUTY, EVEN UNTO DEATH"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Backhouse, A D
Bray, H J
Brooks, F S
Holland, C J
Hooper, T
Martin, J T
Meeks, C F
Smith, W C
Wilkinson, W H
Wilson, C
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 2FT 6IN, width 2FT
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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