Plaque

Waterloo D-Day 50th anniversary

Erection date: 6/6/1994

Inscription

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of D-Day, 6th June 1994.
In memory of the railway employees who gave their lives on the 6th June 1944.
Railtrack South West

Site: Waterloo Station Victory Arch & plaques (4 memorials)

SE1, Waterloo Station

Constructed 1907-22. The long station front was designed in phases by James Robb Scott. Only the Victory Arch is listed. At one time this building must have looked quite good, but now the ghastly surroundings have pretty well defeated it.  View from the Mirror has an excellent post on the creation of Waterloo station as a more central terminus, an extension from Nine Elms, and another, more about this Victory Arch.

Enter the station via this arch and at the top of the steps you pass through a large entrance lobby containing all the plaques listed here, for WW1, WW2 and the D-Day 50th anniversary.

Bonus fact: Waterloo Station is named after the bridge, which was opened in 1817, 2 years after the battle.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Waterloo D-Day 50th anniversary

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Normandy Landings / D-Day

The landings, also known as Operation Neptune, were the landing operations in...

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World War 2

Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Waterloo Station Victory Arch

Waterloo Station Victory Arch

From the Waterloo station web site: "Waterloo is the UK's largest station, co...

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Waterloo WW1 war memorial

Waterloo WW1 war memorial

Our photo shows just one of the four panels.  See Stockwell War Memorial for ...

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Waterloo WW2 plaque

Waterloo WW2 plaque

To the memory of the 626 men of the Southern Railway who gave their lives in ...

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Nearby Memorials

Earl Roberts

Earl Roberts

W1, Portland Place, 47

Earl Roberts (1832 - 1914) Field-Marshal, lived here.

1 subject commemorated
Pargiter Court - history

Pargiter Court - history

W1, Ingestre Place, Pargiter Court

We believe the parish referenced here is the one associated with St James's church in Piccadilly. In our photograph, just one resident ha...

6 subjects commemorated
John Soane at Pitzhanger

John Soane at Pitzhanger

W5, Mattock Lane, Pitzhanger Manor

Unusually neither of the memorials is visible in our photo of the location, but we hope you agree that the house is worthy of a picture f...

2 subjects commemorated
Bethlehem Hospital - second

Bethlehem Hospital - second

EC2, London Wall, 145/149

Site of the second Bethlehem Hospital, 1676 -1815. The Corporation of the City of London

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Reg Varney - Elstree and Borehamwood Station

Reg Varney - Elstree and Borehamwood Station

WD6, Allum Lane, Station forecourt

The plaques are around the station forecourt, either on frames or laid into the pavement. The gold lettering on the marble effect on the ...

1 subject commemorated

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Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Born Spain. Didn't like travelling, lived most of his live in France and died at home near Cannes. 1944 joined the Communist Party in France, lending his name and reputation to the cause. The Commu...

Person, Art, Seriously Famous, France, Spain

1 memorial
Florence Tyler

Florence Tyler

Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - nurse. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Born Florence Fairbairn on 18 November 1894 in Poplar, the daughter of William Fairbairn (1856-190...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
W. A. Unwin

W. A. Unwin

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial