Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Maidstone
- Town
- Maidstone
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41034
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Current location
Wall mounted in ground floor public area
Maidstone Delivery Office
Bircholt Road
Parkwood Industrial Estate
Maidstone
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 9EE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 79061 51844
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- In entrance.
89
Post Office
Bank Street
Maidstone
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1SD
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 76050 55710
Denomination: Undefined - Post Office
King Street
Maidstone
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1BP
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 762 556
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- In entrance.
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH GREY MARBLE NOWY-HEADED MOUNT. BLACK LETTERING. BRONZE LAUREL WREATH AT TOP CENTRE.
- Inscription
- ERECTED BY THE MAIDSTONE DISTRICT/ POST OFFICE STAFF/ IN MEMORY AND HONOUR OF/ THEIR COLLEAGUES/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ KILLED IN FRANCE/ (Names)/ DIED IN MESOPOTAMIA/ (Name)/ DIED IN ENGLAND/ (Name)/ REQUIESCAT IN PACE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Black, R W
Dann, S W J
Froud, E E
Maytum, W G
Meek, G
Moody, F
Mount, H R
Robinson, J T
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,date of death,regiment,place of death, initials of forenames
Order of information: place of death THEN date of death
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: height C 3 FT, width C 3 FT
Materials: Marble - Grey - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Backboard
- 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
- Maidstone District Post Office Staff
- WMO ID: 83540
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-06-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- C2007 Refurbished when previous Post Office where it was located closed down.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Kent Messenger 15 and 22 Feb. 2008
- British Postal Museum and Archive Mem 129 - catalogue.postalmuseum.org/collections/getrecord/GB813_Mem129 - accessed 15 January 2022
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