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The War Memorial for Joseph Travers & Sons Ltd (London).
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Photo : Stephen Mark Williams of the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials website
Joseph Travers and Sons Ltd were wholesale grocers with a head
office in Cannon Street (near the present location of St. Mary's Abchurch
Church), forerunner of a modern-day multi-national company with branches in
several countries. The fortunes of the Company were severely affected by the
destruction of their warehouse in St Katharine Docks and their spice mills
at Wapping during the Blitz. Post-war mergers and takeovers saw the demise
of the original family company.
A memorial to the employees of Joseph Travers and Sons Ltd is
found in St. Mary's Abchurch Church, in Abchurch Lane, the City of London.
The memorial is a rectangular plaque set in a wooden frame with the names
and inscription in raised lettering.
A photo of it in its original condition is shown above.
The memorial had subsequently been taken down altogether and was lying broken in the crypt until the Friends of St Mary Abchurch raised the money to rehang it.
The memorial commemorates 38 names as having lost their lives in the First World War,and 11 names as having lost their lives in the Second World War.
1 soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated
on the memorial.
Private Victor George Church. 35109. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 35418 9th T R Battn. Killed 9 April 1918.
Born Barham (Hunts), Enlisted Huntingdon, Resided Brington (Hunts).
Buried POINT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE.
The War Memorial for Joseph Travers & Sons Ltd (London) in its damaged
state
Photo : Paul Simmons of the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials website
The War Memorial for Joseph Travers & Sons Ltd (London) in its current
state
Photo : Marion Palmann <mijpalmann@hotmail.com>
St Mary Abchurch.
Photo : Google Earth
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