Watford Post Office - WW1 (Watford, Bushey, Bushey Heath, Chipperfield, Croxley Green, Elstree, Hatch End, Hunton Bridge, Kings Langley, Northwood, Pinner, Rickmansworth and Sarratt)

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: January 1917
Attended by: Mr H Pike Pease MP

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

14714

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Current location

Stairway to 1st floor
194
Watford Museum
High Street
Watford
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD17 2DT
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 11402 96015
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations

Post Office
Watford
Watford
Hertfordshire
England

OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined

Description

Brass Plaque on wooden backboard

Inscription

ROLL OF HONOUR/POST OFFICE 1914 1918/WATFORD/DIEU ET MON DROIT /TEHSE MEN DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ (Names) / BRITISH EMPIRE /FRANCE/ USA / ITALY / SERBIA / ? / PORTUGAL/ BELGIUM / JAPAN / RUMANIA

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Addcock, H G
Allen, R S
Andrews, H W G
Andrews, S
Aplin, R A
Armstrong, S R
Aslin, J
Atkins, E
Attwood, A C
Austin, E G
See details for all 171 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 171
Served and returned: 148
Died: 23
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, decorations, home post office
Order of information: home post office

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood

Listing information

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Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Watford Museum

Reference

catalogue.postalmuseum.org/collections/getrecord/GB813_Mem343
Watford Post and Echo, 30 January 1917.

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