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    Memorial

    Great Western Railway Paddington

    GWR Paddington 1

    Source: Copyright London Remembers

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    Current Location

    On Platform 1 beneath the former GWR headquarters' office and boardroom, in front of the old Royal Waiting Room. , Paddington Railway Station, Praed Street, Paddington, City Of Westminster, Greater London, W2 1HQ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 26579 81277

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    Type of Memorial
    Serviceman / Servicewoman
    WMR Reference Number
    11358
    Description
    A bronze cast serviceman dressed in overcoat, sheepskin jerkin and scarf, with helmet back off shoulders reading a letter set against a cenotaph shaped background of white marble with the badges of the Navy and Air Force engraved on either side. A vellum roll containing the names of the fallen is deposited under the statue in a sealed casket made at the GWR Swindon Works. Badges of Royal Navy and Royal Air Force engraved on plinth.
    Inscription
    Granite Pedestal: IN HONOUR OF/ THOSE WHO SERVED/ IN THE WORLD WARS/ 1914 + 1918/ 1939 + 1945/ Black Tablet: 3,312/ MEN AND WOMEN/ OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY Lead box: THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES ARE INSCRIBED ON/ A ROLL OF HONOUR DEPOSITED/ BENEATH THE BRONZE FIGURE
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maker(s)
    • Charles Sargeant Jagger, Sculptor

    • Mr Thomas Smith Tait ARIBA, Architect

    • GWR Works at Swindon, Manufacturer

    Costs
    £7,584 including the provision of seating
    Sponsor Type
    corporate
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    £4625 were the original estimate costs
    Maintenance History
    POST WW2: NEW INSCRIPTION CREATED TO INCLUDE WW2 LOSSES

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    11 November 1922

    Rt Hon Victor Spencer, Viscount Churchill GCVO, Vicar and Rural Dean of Paddington, Rev. Prebendary E.N. Sharpe M.A., Charles Sargeant Jagger, General Manager Felix J.C. Pole, Company Chairman

    Dedicated

    11 November 1922

    Archbishop of Canterbury

    Unveiled

    11 November 1949

    Sir James Milne

    Rededicated

    11 November 1949

    Unknown

    Custodian
    Paddington Station

    Components

    Pedestal

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Screen

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Figure

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    • Charles Sargeant Jagger. War and Peace Sculpture by Compton, Ann 21-23 Source Source: Image Library NIWM Published: Imperial War Museum 1985 London
    • The National Archives RAIL 258/477
    • At the Going Down of the Sun: British First World War Memorials by Boorman, Derek 28 Source: Image Library NIWM Published: Sessions 1988 York
    • Source: Media Library Published:N/A Shrewsbury
    • Railway Gazette 17 Nov. 1922 p.625 (copy)
    • The Railway Magazine v.51 pp.482-3
    • The Times 13 Nov. 1922 p.7 col.e
    • The Berks & Oxon Advertiser 17th November 1922
    • London Remembers: https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/war-memorial-at-paddington-station