Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of Westminster
Town
Victoria
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 12 October 1921
    Attended by: Charles Colin Macrae
  • Dedicated
    Date: 12 October 1921
    Attended by: Rev F N Thicknesse, Prebendary of St Pauls.
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
9538

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Current location

On north inner wall of concourse
facing platform.
Victoria Railway Station
Terminus Place
Victoria
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1V 1JU
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 28956 79004
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A tall bronze plaque with five columns of names underneath inscription. There is a stone frame topped with a broken-necked pediment, with the arms of the company in the centre, a stone garland underneath and an egg-and-dart pattern behind the garland. Beneath the main plaque is a much smaller one for the Second World War. There is a low protective railing around the base of the memorial.
Inscription
IN HONOUR OF THE FIVE THOUSAND SIX/ HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE MEMBERS OF/ THE STAFF OF THE LONDON BRIGHTON/ AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY CO. WHO/ JOINED THE FORCES OF THE CROWN/ DURING THE WAR OF 1914 - 1918 AND OF/ WHOM THOSE WHOSE NAMES APPEAR/ BELOW GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR VICTORY/ IN THAT GREAT STRUGGLE TO SECURE/ THE LIBERTY OF THE WORLD./ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ (NAMES)/ AND TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE 626 MEN OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 1939 - 1945 WAR
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 530
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 530
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename, decorations.
    Order of information: Surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 3000 mm, width 1000 mm
    Materials: Unknown, Bronze
Listing information
Condition
History
Southern Rawilway plaque added post WW2.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Corporate
Reference
  • Railway Gazette 14 October 1921
  • The Times 13 Oct. 1921 p.7 col.g

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