Preston Railway Station Free Buffet WW1

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Reference WMO/300978

Address:

Preston Railway Station

Fishergate

Preston

PR1 8AP

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Rectangular Brass plaque., on an almost identically sized wooden backboard. Waiting Room in main block on platforms 3/4(formerly 5/6). On the south wall. See Comment of 30//4/2024 regarding other elements of this memorial.
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DURING THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1919/ THIS ROOM WAS, BY THE PERMISSION OF/ THE L & N W AND L & Y RAILWAY/ COMPANIES, OCCUPIED FROM AUG. 19, 1915/ TO NOV. 11, 1919, BY THE PRESTON STATION/ SAILORS AND SOLDIERS FREE BUFFET/ ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY WORKERS, / WHO SUPPLIED THREE AND A QUARTER/ MILLIONS OF THE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS/ WHO PASSED THROUGH THIS STATION, WITH/ REFRESHMENTS AND COMFORTS. THE ROOM/ FROM AUG.19, 1915 TO MAY 31, 1919 WAS / OPEN CONTINUOUSLY DAY AND NIGHT, AND/ FROM JUNE 1, 1919 TO NOV.11, 1919 FOR/ FOURTEEN HOURS EACH DAY.

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