{On the plaque fixed to the front of the stone:}
To the glorious memory of those members of the staff of the National Physical Laboratory who gave their lives for their country.
{followed by two lists each of 5 names in alphabetical order, under the headings:}
1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
National Physical Laboratory stone war memorial
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
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Born Scotland but brought up in Kent. Â His WW2 job involved defusing mines wa...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
National Physical Laboratory stone war memorial
The NPL's history page concentrates on their work (e.g. they weighed Concorde...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
National Physical Laboratory stone war memorial
NPL National Phusical Laboratory Liriodendron Tulipifera Tulip tree This tree...
"The death" to which this inscription refers is Nelson's, so the gift was made on 21 October 1905 though the gardens were not opened unti...
Si Je Puis ('If I can' or 'I will do it if I can') is Morris's motto inscribed in the porch at the Red House.
The monument, created by Mark Badger, is set in raked gravel and surrounded by silver birch trees.
This stone is actually a plaster replica of the original stone, at the National Museum of Denmark. Made in 1948 for a post-war Danish exh...
The pale plaque between the two dark ones carries some near-illegible etchings showing bridges.
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