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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Coventry
- Town
- Coventry
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72516
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Current location
1
Delivery Office
The Stampings
Coventry
Coventry
West Midlands
CV6 5AB
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 34557 81886
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Post Office
Hertford Street
Coventry
Coventry
West Midlands
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Post Office
- Description
- Plain Brass Plaque with inscribed lettering in black, except the line for the Post Office name which is in red
- Inscription
- IN PROUD MEMORY/OF THE MEN OF/COVENTRY POST OFFICE/WHO FELL IN THE/TWO WORLD WARS/ [Left Hand Column]-1914-1918/[names]/[Right Hand Column]-1939-1945/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, C J
Ball, L
Barrow, S
Beaumont, E C
Chester, W L
Chillingworth, S D F
Clarke, A G
Collingbourne, H C
Daniels, G A
Davis, C
See details for all 30 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- 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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