Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- St Albans
- Town
- St Albans
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14698
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Current location
Wall mounted on enqury counter wall
Post Office
Brick Knoll Park
Ashley Road
St Albans
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 5BB
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 17328 06823
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Post Office
St Albans
St Albans
Hertfordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 150 070
Denomination: Undefined
- Post Office
- Description
- Wooden board with rectangular pediment and inscription in gold lettering. Some of the letters are in-filled in red and blue Shield at the top of the pediment (St. Albans city emblem).
- Inscription
- ST ALBANS / POST OFFICE / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 / KILLED / (NAMES) / WOUNDED / (NAMES) / ALSO SERVED / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ansell, F
Arnold, H A
Auton, G
Barlow, S C
Bennett, E
Brinklow, J E
Brown, T V
Coleman, J W
Coombes, W H
Copeland, C G
See details for all 69 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 69
Served and returned: 61
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials of forenames, surname
Order of information: killed/wounded/also served, surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height C 2000MM, width C 1000MM
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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 - Responsibility
- Royal Mail
- Reference
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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