On Nov 6, 7:04*am, "DB." wrote:
"Charlie Hulme" wrote in message

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DB. wrote:
A letter appears in The Telegraph today saying:

SIR - In Baker Street underground station, a fine marble war memorial
is
passed by thousands every day. It is now dirty and decrepit.

* * Perhaps someone here can link us to a photograph?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mynameismisty/3364028830/

It's the Metropolitan Railway's memorial, designed by Charles W Clark,
unveiled on 11 November 1920. The collection box for veterans adjacent
is made from a 12" shell.

http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.3090

Charlie

Thanks, Charlie. *I couldn't have hoped for a better (or quicker) reply..

Beautiful inscription:
'The men from the service of The Metropolitan Railway Company whose
names are inscribed below were among those who, at the call of King
and Country left all that was dear to them endured hardness faced
danger, and finally passed out of sight of men by the path of duty and
self-sacrifice, giving up their own lives that others might live in
freedom ... let those that come after see to it that their names are
not forgotten' ... the memorial was 'erected by the directors,
officers and staff of the railway'

It is shameful that this memorial has been allowed to deteriorate.