File:2011 - The Victory Arch at London Waterloo Station Entrance ( Ank Kumar ) 04.jpg

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The Victory Arch at London Waterloo Train Station Entrance , England, United Kingdom

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English: London Waterloo station’s Victory Arch was designed by London and South West Railway’s chief architect J R Scott and opened in 1922 to pay tribute to the railway colleagues who fought and died for their country in WW1.

Waterloo is Britain’s largest and busiest train station.

Inscription around the arch just above the clock- "Dedicated to the employees of the Company who fell in the war."

Inscription on the stone medallions above the arch:

"Belgium, Italy, Dardenelles, France, Egypt, Mesopotamia, North Sea"

https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/london-waterloo-stations-victory-arch-rededicated-100-years-after-it-was-built-to-honour-the-fallen-of-the-first-world-war
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