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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Fenland
- Town
- Wisbech
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3475
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Current location
On wall in public counter area
1
Post Office
Bridge Street
Wisbech
Fenland
Cambridgeshire
PE13 1EW
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 46070 09605
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- White marble tablet with carved scroll-work honouring the Post Office staff of Wisbech and District who fell in the First and Second World Wars.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORIAM / TO OUR COMRADES WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / (names) / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE POST OFFICE / STAFF OF WISBECH AND DISTRICT / 1939-1945 / (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Albin, H T B
Bentham, A T
Boyce, S
Brabben, M
Caley, A E
Cooper, F W
Hutchinson, B
Jude, H A
Kimmons, P R
Piggins, S J
See details for all 13 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials of forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials of forename, surname
Order of information: No order
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 100 mm app, height 740 mm app, width 700 mm app
Materials: Marble - White
- 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
- Wisbech (Post Office WWI and WWII plaque)
- WMO ID: 167628
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 09-05-2014]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- 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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