Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Southwark
Town
Southwark
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 5 October 1921
    Attended by: Charles Colin Macrae
  • Dedicated
    Date: 5 October 1921
    Attended by: Rev J B Haldane MA
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
12575

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Current location

London Bridge Station main groundfloor concourse
St Thomas Street
Southwark
Southwark
Greater London
SE1 2HL
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 33019 80005
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • On a pillar in the central concourse next to W H Smith.
    London Bridge Railway Station
    Station Approach
    London Bridge
    Southwark
    Greater London
    SE1 9SP
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TQ 320 790
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Bronze coloured plaque with names of employees of the railway. Below is another small dedicatory plaque
Inscription
IN HONOUR OF THE FIVE THOUSAND SIX / HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE MEMBERS OF / THE STAFF OF THE LONDON BRIGHTON / AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY CO. WHO / JOINED THE FORCES OF THE CROWN / DURING THE WAR OF 1914 - 1918 AND OF / WHOM THOSE WHOSE NAMES APPEAR / BELOW GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR VICTORY / IN THAT GREAT STRUGGLE TO SECURE / THE LIBERTY OF THE WORLD. / "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" / (Names) / TO THE MEMORY OF / THE SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX / MEN OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 1939 - 1945 WAR
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 531
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 531
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, initials, decorations
    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
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 3000mm, width 1000mm
    Materials: Bronze
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
History
Badly damaged by enemy action in 1940 and recast. Southern Railway plaque added post WW2. In storage when the redevelopment of the station was taking place. Now displayed in the main ground floor concorse
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Public Monuments and Sculpture Association SK125/DW
  • Railway Gazette 7 October 1921 p.547
  • The Railway Magazine v.49 p.359 (19210

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