Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Crawley
- Town
- Crawley
- County
- West Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 40084
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Current location
Wall mounted on ground floor over entrance to sorting office
7
Delivery Office
The Boulevard
Crawley
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 1AA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 26914 36841
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Post Office
Post Office Road
Crawley
Crawley
West Sussex
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Post Office
- Description
- OAK BOARD WITH SWAN NECKED PEDIMENT AND CARVED INSCRIPTION.
- Inscription
- IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF/ (NAMES)/ OF THE CRAWLEY POSTAL STAFF/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ 1914 - 1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- King, Charles
Tester, Herbert
Thorndike, William Joseph
See details for all 3 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: depth C 15MM, height C 600M, width C 1300MM
Materials: Wood - Oak
- 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
- catalogue.postalmuseum.org/collections/getrecord/GB813_Mem40 - accessed 15 January 2022
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