Article on London Postal Services War Memorial

Finding number: POST 92/1149

This article from the July 1920 edition of St Martin's Le Grand describes a bronze statue erected in memory of 329 Post Office staff. The staff had worked in the King Edward Building and the East London Branch Offices and died during the First World War.

The statue, a bronze effigy of a typical soldier of the Great War, was erected by the public counter of the London Chief Office. It was unveiled on Saturday 14 April 1920 at 3.00pm. 300 relatives and next of kin were present alongside 2,000 Post Office staff, to pay their tribute to the fallen.

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Article on London Postal Services War Memorial, St Martin's Le Grand, July 1920 (267.3 KB)