Great Western Railway Paddington

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Serviceman / Servicewoman

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)

Ceremony

Dedicated
Date: 11 November 1922
Attended by: Archbishop of Canterbury
Rededicated
Date: 11 November 1949
Attended by: Unknown
Unveiled
Date: 11 November 1949
Attended by: Sir James Milne
Unveiled
Date: 11 November 1922
Attended by: Rt Hon Victor Spencer, Viscount Churchill GCVO
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Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

11358

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Current location

On Platform 1.
Paddington Railway Station
Praed Street
Paddington
City Of Westminster
Greater London
W2 1HQ
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 26579 81277
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

A bronze cast serviceman dressed in overcoat, sheepskin jerkin and scarf, with helmet back off shoulders reading a letter set against a cenotaph shaped background of white marble. A vellum roll containing the names of the fallen is deposited under the statue in a sealed casket made at the GWR Swindon Works. Badges of Royal Navy and Royal Air Force engraved on plinth.

Inscription

IN HONOUR OF/ THOSE WHO SERVED/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/25479 MEN/ OF THE GREAT WESTERN/ RAILWAY JOINED HIS/ MAJESTY'S FORCES/ 2524 GAVE THEIR LIVES IN HONOUR OF/ THOSE WHO SERVED/ IN THE WORLD WARS/ 1914 + 1918/ 1939 + 1945/ 3,312/ MEN AND WOMEN/ OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
Screen
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland

Listing information

PADDINGTON STATION INCLUDING THE LAWN, GWR OFFICE BLOCK ON LONDON STREET AND OFFICES ALONG EASTBOURNE TERRACE
Grade I
This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
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Condition

Great Western Railway Paddington
WMO ID: 112234
Condition: Good [last updated on 24-04-2018]
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History

POST WW2: NEW INSCRIPTION CREATED TO INCLUDE WW2 LOSSES

Costs

Site: £4625

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Corporate

Responsibility

PADDINGTON STATION

Reference

London Remembers: www.londonremembers.com/memorials/war-memorial-at-paddington-station
The Berks & Oxon Advertiser 17th November 1922
The National Archives RAIL 258/477
The Times 13 Nov. 1922 p.7 col.e
The Railway Magazine v.51 pp.482-3
Railway Gazette 17 Nov. 1922 p.625 (copy)
Source: Media Library Published:N/A Shrewsbury
At the Going Down of the Sun: British First World War Memorials by Boorman, Derek 28 Source: Image Library NIWM Published: Sessions 1988 York
Charles Sargeant Jagger. War and Peace Sculpture by Compton, Ann 21-23 Source Source: Image Library NIWM Published: Imperial War Museum 1985 London

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