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The Great Western Railway War Memorial is a monument in London, United Kingdom, to the employees of the Great Western Railway who died during the First World War, and it is situated half-way along platform 1 at London Paddington station. The stonework was designed by the architect Thomas S. Tait and the bronze figure by the sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger, and the memorial unveiled on Armistice Day in 1922 by Viscount Churchill[1]. Its dominant feature is a large bronze statue of a British First World War soldier dressed in battle gear, wearing a helmet, woolen scarf, and a greatcoat draped over his shoulders. The soldier is looking down, reading a letter from home. On the stone surround are two stylised reliefs of the emblems of the Royal Navy (rope and anchor) and the Royal Air Force (eagle in flight). Inside the plinth was placed a sealed casket, which was made at the GWR's Swindon Works, containing a vellum roll upon which was inscribed the names of the 2,524 men who gave their lives[1].
[edit] InscriptionsThe Inscriptions on the plinth read:
Inside the waiting room behind the memorial is a plaque marking the unveiling of the memorial, which includes the inscription[2]:
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