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Title
Great Western Railway War Memorial
Date
1922
Medium
bronze, granite & Portland stone
Accession number
W2_AS_S133
Acquisition method
commissioned by the GWR war memorial committee
Work type
War memorial
Custodian
Paddington Station
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade I (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
11th November 1922
Access
time restrictions apply
Inscription description
inscription reads: IN HONOUR OF / THOSE WHO SERVED / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / 25479 MEN / OF THE GREAT WESTERN / RAILWAY JOINED HIS / MAJESTY'S FORCES / 2524 GAVE THEIR LIVES IN HONOUR OF / THOSE WHO SERVED / IN THE WORLD WARS / 1914 + 1918 / 1939 + 1945 / 3,312 / MEN AND WOMEN / OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY / GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR KING AND COUNTRY