Memorial

Post Office Stores Department, Swindon - WW1 Roll of Honour

Rolls of Honour

Source: Royal Mail

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Current Location

In the reception area, previously on the wall of the now disused canteen, Mail Centre, Wheatstone House, Dorcan, Swindon, Thamesdown, Wiltshire, SN3 5JN, England

OS Grid Reference

SU 19294 83759

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 72537
Description: Two Rolls of Honour (the second is a continuation from the first) in a combined glazed wooden frame. The paper Rolls of Honour are richly illuminated and illustrated, the names are in typescript. Each has the names in two columns with garlands and the Royal coat of arms at the top, the flags of the Allied nations to each side. The second has, towards the bottom, a wreath commemorating the Versailles Peace signing and then a poem entitled 'Our Country'. Across the bottom of the whole frame is a list of battles set within a banner and in date order.
Inscription: On Both - In Honoured Memory/ Post Office/ Stores Department/ Members of the staff who have died on active service in the Great War 1914-18/ [names]

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 163
Died: 163
Information shown: surname, forename, role at post office, regiment
Order of names: By date of death judging by CWGC research.

Conservation

Custodian: Royal Mail

Components

Roll of honour

Made from: Paper

Condition: Good

Frame

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

Further Information

http://catalogue.postalmuseum.org/collections/getrecord/GB813_Mem155
Royal Mail, https://www.royalmail.com/memorials/memorial/post-office-stores-department-war-memorial, accessed 6th June, 2025