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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Glasgow
- Town
- Glasgow
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 61949
Current location
In outside
non-public garden
20
Mail Centre
Turner Road
Glasgow
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G21 1AA
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 60952 66881
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- 1
George Square General Post Office
George Square
Glasgow
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G2 1DY
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 592 653
Denomination: Undefined
- 1
- Description
- Two bronze plaques (one for each conflict) mounted on wall behind glazed window, set in remembrance garden. Left plaque with names in raised lettering orgainsed in five columns which are centred below dedication. Triangular shield centred above dedication. Decorative border with angels mounted on columns. Right plaque with ensignia centred above dedication and four columns of incised names. Decorative border with incised designs. Additional inscription centred in bottom border.
- Inscription
- Left hand panel: In honour of our colleagues who fell in the Great War/[names]. Erected by the post office staff in the Glasgow postal district. Right hand panel: In everlasting remembrance of the members of the staff of Glasgow post office who gave their lives in the Second World War/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abercrombie, R
Aitken, W L
Allan, T
Anderson, J
Anderson, J
Anderson, J
Anderson, J M
Anderson, J R
Anderson, T
Anderson, W
See details for all 370 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 277
Served and returned: 0
Died: 277
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 93
Served and returned: 0
Died: 93
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Garden
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- First World War memorial
- Condition
- History
- c2005: Plaques relocated to Glasgow Mail Centre and mounted on a purpose-built wall and set within a remembrance garden.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - 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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