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North Eastern Railway Memorial, 1923

Discuție în 'Everything Else Heritage' creată de Rlangham, 8 Noi 2011.

  1. Rlangham

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    Built in 1923 by Sir Edward Lutyens who built the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, this memorial was commissioned by the North Eastern Railway to commemorate the 2,236 men from the North Eastern Railway that lost their lives during the Great War

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    Memorial by the North Eastern Railway's 1906 built Head Office

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    As the names are faded on the original memorial, new plaques to record all 2,236 names more clearly have been put up on the side of the memorial

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    Rlangham, 8 Noi 2011
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    The problem is that the existing memorial is part of a Grade One listed complex so re-engraving the names on the existing memorial - which is soft Portland stone - was not allowed.

    The compromise was the new tablets so that the names are still readable while the originals wear slowly away
     
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    I hope that they are not cast in nickable material.
     
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