{On the plaque fixed to the front of the stone:}
To the glorious memory of those members of the staff of the National Physical Laboratory who gave their lives for their country.
{followed by two lists each of 5 names in alphabetical order, under the headings:}
1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945
The National Archive BIS War Memorials has research about all the names on this war memorial.
TW11, Hampton Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
National Physical Laboratory stone war memorial
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
Born Scotland but brought up in Kent. His WW2 job involved defusing mines wa...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
National Physical Laboratory stone war memorial
The NPL's history page concentrates on their work (e.g. they weighed Concorde...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
National Physical Laboratory stone war memorial
NPL National Phusical Laboratory Liriodendron Tulipifera Tulip tree This tree...
{Beneath the Royal Air Force badge:} In memory of Flight Lieutenant Richard Carew Reynell from Australia of No. 43 Squadron who lost his ...
From Polish Solidarity we learn that the granite was shipped from Strzegom in Silesia. POSK, the Polish Cultural Centre, is at nearby 238...
Across the other side of the garden there is a poem about the square by Andrew Motion carved such that it is as much a sculpture as a poe...
In memory of the young people who died as a result of the New Cross fire 18th January 1981 The names of those remembered Patrick Cummings...
Our picture comes from a nearby information board and shows Mohegan-Pequot four-domed medallion (or rosette) and trail motifs. The medal...
Brazilian journalist. Following discussions with our Iberian consultant, Julie Nauman, we have assumed that Brazil adopts the Portuguese naming conventions, which makes "Castello Branco" the surn...
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