Postal Workers' War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 2014. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.

Postal Workers' War Memorial

WRENN ID
odd-remnant-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 2014
Type
War memorial
Address
Postal Workers' War Memorial, Mount Pleasant Mail Centre, Farringdon Road, London, EC1A 1BB
OS grid reference
TQ 311 823
Coordinates
51.52459, -0.11106
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Postal Workers' War Memorial, built in 1920, is a war memorial dedicated to postal workers. It is made of Portland stone and designed as an aedicule featuring Ionic columns and a broken semi-circular pediment. The memorial frames a stone tablet that lists the names of 130 men. Inside the tympanum, there is a gilt wreath and sword, along with the inscription: ‘PRO PATRIA / ET LIBERTATE’. A plaque below honors the memory of those who fell in the Great War from 1914 to 1919, stating: "TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF / OUR HEROIC COMRADES WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919." The base is inscribed: ‘SUBSCRIBED FOR AND ERECTED BY THEIR COLLEAGUES / OF THE WESTERN POSTAL DISTRICT / AS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THEIR SELF-SACRIFICE’. Additionally, the plinth features a metal plaque that commemorates those lost in the Second World War, inscribed ‘1939-1945’ along with the names of 56 men.

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