Nine Elms Motive Power Employees WWII Memorial -- Waterloo Station, London, Lambeth, UK
N 51° 30.240 W 000° 06.895
30U E 700224 N 5709820
A small WWII memorial near M&S foods and the Ladie's (30p to pee) loo at Waterloo Station
Waymark Code: WMRWNP
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/14/2016
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Look carefully in this massive station, and there are war memorials in several places. The entire station is a WWI memorial, but smaller memorials to the men of the Southern Railway and their various divisions from other wars are trickled around.
This WWII memorial to the Southern Railway men of Nine Elms Motive Power was installed at their dedicated depot between 1945-1948. It was moved here to Waterloo Station in 1967 when the SR depot at Waterloo was demolished.
From the London Remembers website: (
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"SR
Nine Elms Motive Power
In memory of the men of this depot who died by enemy action, 1939 - 1945.
{A list of 14 names in alphabetical sequence}
Southern Railway (SR on the plaque) lost their ownership of Waterloo when the railways were nationalised in 1948 so the plaque was probably erected sometime during 1945 - 48, at the depot and moved here after the depot closed in 1967. A beautifully engineered plaque.
Site: Nine Elms Motive Power (1 memorial)
SE1, Waterloo Station"
The Nine Elms Motive Power WWII memorial is affixed to the pillar next to the M&S shop near the ladie's loo on the west side of Waterloo Station near the York Road entrance. It features a bronze flag bracket for important remembrance days.