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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Islington
- Town
- Clerkenwell
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 59182
Current location
First Floor Delivery Office
Sorting Office
Mount Pleasant
Clerkenwell
Islington
Greater London
EC1A 1BB
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 31067 82305
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- In 4th Floor Staff Restaurant
positioned right-hand side of ex-WDO memorial.
35-50
Delivery Office
Rathbone Place
London
City of Westminster
Greater London
W1T 1AA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 295 814
Denomination: Undefined
- In 4th Floor Staff Restaurant
- Description
- Copper Plaque mounted on same-size wood frame panel. Inscriptions at top and base. Three columns of names surrounded by laurel leaves.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF OUR BROTHER OFFICERS/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ ERECTED BY/ THE POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH STAFF/ OF THE WESTERN CENTRAL DISTRICT.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alhey, W A
Allaway, W E
Baister, W J
Ball, J
Barker, H S
Bright, A H
Broughton, A T
Bull, A J A
Burton, G T
Calvert, W J
See details for all 102 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 102
Served and returned: 0
Died: 102
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 15m, height 1170m, width 780m
Materials: Copper - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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
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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