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Sign: London - Commemorative plaque for the railway workers who fell in the First World War

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Liverpool Street Station (Stop B), London EC2M 2AU, UK
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On the sign:
GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY
[Emblem of Great Eastern Railway]
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY STAFF WHO, IN RESPONSE TO THE CALL OF THEIR KING AND COUNTRY, SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR.

[1,100 names of the railway workers who fell in the First World War]

1914-1919
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The plaque is located at Liverpool Street railway station, commemorating the employees of the Great Eastern Railway, which was the railway company that operated between 1862-1922.
The sign was placed in 1922 at the station, in a different location from the current location, in 1990 as part of the works to renew the station, the sign was moved to the current location

The memorial wall was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image
Another look at the sign Click for a larger image

Below the sign is a commemorative plaque to Sir Henry Wilson who inaugurated this sign Click for sign's details
and a plaque commemorating Charles Fryatt Click for sign's details

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