Memorial

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Monument: PO War Memorial

{In the ornate wreath at the top:}
Pro Patria et Libertate
{Above the list:}
To the honoured memory of our heroic comrades who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1919.
{The main plaque contains 130 names in 2 columns in alphabetical order. See the Subjects Commemorated for the names on the list.}
{On the upper part of the plinth:}
Subscribed for and erected by their colleagues of the western postal district as a lasting tribute to their self-sacrifice.
{On the lower part of the plinth is a brass plaque, headed up '1939 - 1945' and containing 56 names in 4 columns in alphabetical order:}
{And lastly, there is a small plaque, below all the others:}
This war memorial was erected within the precinct of the former Wimpole Street Post Office circa 1920. In 1981 it was relocated to this site.

Site: PO War Memorial (1 memorial)

W1, Rathbone Place

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