Western Postal District Memorial - Rathbone Place, London, UK - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The memorial is made from Portland stone and is mounted on top of a granite plinth and has a granite surround attached to the sorting office.

The UK Attraction website (Visit link) has this to say about the memorial:

"This Second World War memorial has been installed in the side of the building which houses the Royal Mail West End Delivery Centre, the largest delivery office in the British Isles. The memorial commemorates the death of many postal workers during the War and was subscribed for and erected by their colleagues of the Western Postal District as a lasting tribute. Formerly situated within the precinct of the old Wimpole Street Post Office in 1920, the memorial was relocated to the present site in Rathbone Place in 1981."

The first line wrongly states that this is a Second World War memorial, which it partly is but it was initially for those that gave their lives in the Great War.

The meorial has several inscriptions and, from top to bottom, they read:

In the ornate wreath at the top:

"Pro Patria
et Libertate"

Above the list of World War I names:

"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.

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  '1939 - 1945' and containing 56 names in 4 columns in alphabetical order.

Finally, there is a small plaque, below the others that reads:

"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."

 

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1920 Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Private subscription by the colleagues of those that perished. Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: 35-50 Rathbone Place London, United Kingdom W1T 1AA Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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