Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of Westminster
Town
Marylebone
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 16 March 1920
    Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Willesden
  • Unveiled
    Date: 16 March 1920
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
53501

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Current location

Booking Office
Marylebone Station
Marylebone
City Of Westminster
Greater London
NW1 6JJ
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 27534 82011
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Office of Chief Goods Manager
    Marylebone Railway Station
    Marylebone
    City Of Westminster
    Greater London
    NW1
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TQ 27534 82011
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Rectangular plaque. The company's name is on a ribbon, with a wreath at its centre within which are the dates MCM/XIV-XIX. The third and fourth lines of the inscription and the quotation at the bottom are in Gothic characters,
Inscription
GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY/ CHIEF GOODS MANAGER'S OFFICE MARYLEBONE, LONDON/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF OUR COLLEAGUES / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR. / (Names)/ "THE PATH OF DUTY IS THE WAY TO GLORY"
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 8
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 8
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
    Order of information: year died
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
Condition
History
Was presumed lost when the Goods Station was razed to the ground by enemy action 16 April 1941, but apparently survived and was later in station offices and latterly in the Booking Hall.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Railway Gazette v.32 p.460 (19 March 1920)
  • Photograph of the plaque.
  • The London Railway Record July 1998 p.89
  • The Railway Magazine v.46 p.279 (Ap. 1920)

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