There are two memorial tablets located in the entrance lobby at the Royal Mail Darlington Mail Centre, St. Cuthbert’s Way, DARLINGTON, DL1 1AA and each contains the names of those Darlington District Postmen who went to war and lost their lives.
Date of erection: Unveiled June 29, 1924 by Baron Daryngton of Whitley. Dedicated by Rev. S.F. Warth, vicar of St. Luke’s Darlington.
Description of monument: Plaque of black enamelled brass with raised burnished edge. At centre top is a laurel wreath containing a cross raised in half relief and the whole gilded. The names are listed in five columns. The lettering is raised in casting and polished using serif capitals throughout. This is set on a wood backing along with the polished brass plaque for 1939-45 fallen below.
Materials used: Black enamelled brass for the WW1 tablet; polished brass for the WW2.
Changed location: Originally in the Northgate Post Office, which closed, and the plaque was transferred to the Royal Mail Mechanised Letter Office.
Go to War Memorials in the Post Office
