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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Greenwich
- Town
- Plumstead
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 5th December 1919
Attended by: Postmaster Mr H Filmer, the Mayor of Woolwich, the Bishop of Woolwich and relations and others
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72529
Current location
Rest area of sorting office
Delivery Office
Pettman Crescent
Plumstead
Greenwich
Greater London
SE28 0FE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 44846 78908
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Large pedimented wooden board with names and decorations painted on in gold
- Inscription
- THE/WOOLWICH POSTMEN/WHO TOOK PART/IN THE EUROPEAN WAR 1914-1919/ROLL OF HONOUR/[names in 3 columns]/RIP/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Auty, L H
Baillie, F W
Baker, J W
Barnes, G J S
Bastable, E
Bean, W
Beecher, C
Bentall, P H
Blackwell, W
Blendall, W E
See details for all 90 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 90
Served and returned: 82
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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 - Reference
- catalogue.postalmuseum.org/collections/getrecord/GB813_Mem346
- The Kentish Mercury 12th December 1919
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