Maidstone District Post Office Staff

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Maidstone
Town: Maidstone
County: Kent
Country: England
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 41034

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Current location

Wall mounted in ground floor public area
Maidstone Delivery Office
Bircholt Road
Parkwood Industrial Estate
Maidstone
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 9EE
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 79061 51844
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations

In entrance.
89
Post Office
Bank Street
Maidstone
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1SD
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 76050 55710
Denomination: Undefined
Post Office
King Street
Maidstone
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1BP
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 762 556
Denomination: Undefined
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Description

WALL-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH GREY MARBLE NOWY-HEADED MOUNT. BLACK LETTERING. BRONZE LAUREL WREATH AT TOP CENTRE.

Inscription

ERECTED BY THE MAIDSTONE DISTRICT/ POST OFFICE STAFF/ IN MEMORY AND HONOUR OF/ THEIR COLLEAGUES/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ KILLED IN FRANCE/ (Names)/ DIED IN MESOPOTAMIA/ (Name)/ DIED IN ENGLAND/ (Name)/ REQUIESCAT IN PACE

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Black, R W
Dann, S W J
Froud, E E
Maytum, W G
Meek, G
Moody, F
Mount, H R
Robinson, J T
See details for all 8 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,date of death,regiment,place of death, initials of forenames
Order of information: place of death THEN date of death

Components

Backboard
Measurements: height C 3 FT, width C 3 FT
Materials: Marble - Grey
Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White

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

Maidstone District Post Office Staff
WMO ID: 83540
Condition: Good [last updated on 05-06-2017]
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History

C2007 Refurbished when previous Post Office where it was located closed down.

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

Kent Messenger 15 and 22 Feb. 2008
British Postal Museum and Archive Mem 129 - catalogue.postalmuseum.org/collections/getrecord/GB813_Mem129 - accessed 15 January 2022

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