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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wandsworth
- Town
- Putney
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 22 July 1923
Attended by: Mr P Hale, Postmaster, Battersea District - Dedicated
Date: 22 July 1923
Attended by: Canon Thurston Rivington, Vicar of Putney - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 80882
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- Previous locations
- Putney Sorting Office
Burston Road
Putney
Wandsworth
Greater London
SW15 6BW
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Putney Sorting Office
- Description
- Wall-mounted marble tablet with laurel wreath at top and a vase of flowers at each side.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Vase
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Tablet
- Condition
- Putney Sorting Office WW1 (Lost)
- WMO ID: 266863
- Condition: Lost/Missing/Temporary [last updated on 07-10-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: The Staff, with the exception of the vases, provided by two Widows, Mrs Tuck and Mrs Sawyer, which were inscribed to their late husbands. 68 staff had served, 37 prior to conscription. Of 72 established Postmen 53 had served. - Reference
- Battersea Borough News, 23 July 1920. Honouring the Dead -Impressive Ceremony at Putney (G.P.O.) Sorting Office
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