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(lost) Streatham Bus Garage - WW1 plaque

Erection date: 7/2/1921

Inscription

{For the list of 29 names see Subjects commemorated.}

This close-up photo comes from the London Transport Museum Collection. From that photo we'd guess that the plaque has about 10 - 15 names on it, in a single column, with some text top and bottom.

Our very helpful contact at London Transport Museum, curator Simon Murphy, sent us a copy of a 1921 article in the staff magazine 'News of TOT' which reported on the unveiling of this plaque and, importantly gives the list of names which we have transcribed here. That article has another photo of the event and provides some statistics: “From this garage 378 men went to fight; of these, 29 laid down their lives … its men gained one DCM, six MMs one Croix de Guerre, one Meritorious Medal …”.

The article also has “The tablet is from the design of Mr Ernest Frost of Croydon and has been executed in grey Peterhead granite by Messrs Maxwell Bros. of Brixton Hill.”  What it doesn’t give is the top and tail of the plaque – the text preceding and following the list of names. Oh, well, you can’t have everything.

Site: Streatham Bus Garage - WW1 plaque (1 memorial)

SW16, Streatham High Road, Streatham Ice and Leisure Centre

The photo of the building is from  Lambeth Archives and shows the memorial in place in 1981. The garage was demolished in 1986.

This 1895 map shows what was on site before the garage arrived. This 1903 map shows the garage.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Streatham Bus Garage - WW1 plaque

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World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...

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J. H. Barrable

Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

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W. H. Beacham

Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

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G. Bowers

Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

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G. Branagan

Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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Maxwell Bros.

Based at 308 - 312 Brixton Hill. Brixton Buzz has an article about their pre...

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Ernest Frost

Ernest Frost of Croydon designed a memorial plaque in 1921.

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