Salisbury Postal Workers

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Salisbury
Town: Salisbury
County: Wiltshire
Country: England
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 68979

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Current location

Sorting Office
Fisherton Street
Salisbury
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP2 7QP
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 13857 30232
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Large rectangular board with a broken pediment with the royal coat of arms in between. Each side is a caved pillar with a central board with the names in two columns in gilt lettering surrounded by floral drapes. The whole is supported by two wooden corbels.

Inscription

TO THE HONOUR AND MEMORY OF THE MEN ON THE STAFF/ OF THE SALISBURY POSTAL DISTRICT WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE/ GREAT EUROPEAN WAR/ (Names)/ 114 MEMBERS OF THE STAFF SERVED IN THE NAVY ARMY/ OR AIR FORCE DURING THE WAR/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE./ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE POSTMASTER AND STAFF.

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Barham, E G
Brown, H
Clyde, A J
Eyres, E F
Glover, S
Goddard, W J
Gray, G
Jenkinson, G R
Northeast, L
Pinhorn, G
See details for all 16 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname.
Order of information: Surname.

Components

Board
Measurements: height 1500mm, width 1000mm
Materials: Wood

Listing information

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Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

catalogue.postalmuseum.org/collections/getrecord/GB813_Mem317

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