Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Civilian (eg: "man" "woman" "child")
- District
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Town
- Maidenhead
- County
- Berkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians, Second World War (1939-1945): The Holocaust
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 17(?) September 2010
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 61158
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Current location
On platform 3.
Maidenhead Railway Station
Station Approach
Maidenhead
Windsor And Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 1EW
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 88777 80731
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Statue of Sir Nicholas Winton seated on a bench, reading a book containing images of the children he saved and the trains used to evacuate them.
- Inscription
- WINTON/ TRAIN/ PRAGUE/ TO LIVERPOOL ST/ STATION 1939/ 14 MARCH TO 2 AUGUST/ 669 CHILDREN SAVED/ BY SIR NICHOLAS WINTON
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945): The Holocaust
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Figure
- 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
- Costs
Memorial: £20,000
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Reference
- Rail News Oct. 2010 p.15.
- BBC News Online www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire 11356875
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