8th City of London (TA) Post Office Rifles

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Reference WMO/250400

Address:

Palace Avenue

Paignton

TQ3 3HB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: A bronze plaque displaying the insignia of the Rifle Regt. and inscription below. Set on a masonry perimeter post to the right of the main Paignton War Memorial. It was erected on the 15th Sept. 1968 to commemorate those in the regiment that had trained in Paignton and especially those that did not return.
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Insignia of the Rifles Regt. // In Proud and grateful Memory of those men / of the Post Office Rifles who were billeted / and trained in Paignton during the 1st World / War before joining the Battalion in France / and especially those who never returned. / “For our Tomorrow they gave their Today” / 15th Sept 1968 (Submitted by JC-Devon RV)

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