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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Marylebone
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MR CHARLES W CLARK FRIBA (Designer)
Joseph Whitehead & Sons (Builder) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11 November 1920
Attended by: SIR CLARENDON G HYDE - Rededicated
Date: 11 November 2010
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3090
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Current location
Near Platform 5 (eastbound).
Baker Street Station
Baker Street
Marylebone
City Of Westminster
Greater London
NW1 5LA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 27968 82081
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Large wall tablet with flanking ionic columns and surmounting sculpture of Lion crushing a Serpent. Associated with the tablet is a collecting box with explanatory plaque converted from a 12 inch artillery shell
- Inscription
- THE MEN FROM THE SERVICE OF/ THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY COMPANY/ WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED BELOW WERE AMONG/ THOSE WHO AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY/ LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDSHIP/ FACED DANGER, AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF/ MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF-SACRIFICE, GIVING/ UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM/LET THOSE THAT COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN/ (NAMES)/ 1914-1918/ ERECTED BY THE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND STAFF/ OF THE RAILWAY. (on shell) 12 INCH HIGH EXPLOSIVE SHELL/ PRESENTED BY/ MESSRS VICKERS LTD/ BARROW WORKS/ DONATIONS TO THE RAILWAY BENEVOLENT/ INSTITUTION/ FOR DISABLED & DISTRESSED/ RAILWAYMEN/ WIDOWS & ORPHANS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Andrews, Richard
Armstrong, George
Atkins, Albert
Bailey, Frederick J
Baldwin, Clifford
Baldwin, John
Bancroft, Edward H
Barker, John
Barlow, Alfred W
Berry, William J
See details for all 137 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 138
Served and returned: 0
Died: 138
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Carrara - Trophy / Relic
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Tablet
- 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
- Metropolitan Railway Company
- WMO ID: 119530
- Condition: Good [last updated on 23-07-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2010: Undergoing restoration by London Transport which includes cleaning, repairs (including the replacement of the Lion's tail) and re-lettering. To be completed by 11th November 2010.
- Costs
Memorial: £1000 +
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Responsibility
- LONDON TRANSPORT
- Reference
- Railway Gazette 12 Nov.1920
- Rail No.578 p.27 (7-20 Nov. 2007)
- The Railway Magazine Vol. 44 p.418 (1919); Vol.47, no page no. quoted. ( Dec.1920)
- Daily Telegraph 6 Nov.2009
- Underground News Nov.2000
- Western Front Association Bulletin by Western Front Association No.48 (June 1997)
- Harrow Observer 2 & 9 May 1919
- Harrow Observer and Gazette 24 Nov.1922
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