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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Victoria
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 10th November 1998
Attended by: Mr Frank Sumpter, Chelsea Pensioner and a pallbearer at the interment of the body of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey in 1920.
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 11609
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Current location
On the concourse
on the wall between platforms 8 and 9
Victoria Railway Station
Victoria
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1V 1JU
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 28956 79004
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Bronze plaque with white lettering, in wooden frame
- Inscription
- THE BODY OF THE BRITISH/ UNKNOWN WARRIOR/ ARRIVED AT PLATFORM 8/ AT 8.32pm ON THE/ 10th NOVEMBER 1920/ AND LAY HERE OVERNIGHT/ BEFORE INTERMENT/ AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY/ ON 11th NOVEMBER 1920/ Western Front Association
- 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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 670mm, width 400mm
Materials: Bronze - Frame
Measurements: depth 30mm, height 790mm, width 540mm
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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 - Reference
- Railnews, December 1998 (page 6)
- The Western Front Association Bulletin, June 1998 (page 9) and February 1999 (page 28)
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