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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

VC or GC Recipients, First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 9 December 1923
Attended by: Captain Reginald Berkeley MC MP

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

7635

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Current location

In the school's Memorial Court
Bedford Modern School
Manton Lane
Bedford
North Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
MK41 7NT
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 04024 51020
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations

In the School's Memorial Hall
Old School Building
Harpur Street
Bedford
North Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
England

OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined

Description

Five tablets with names and dates incised in black. A sixth tablet carries the commemoration and the coloured school crest. All have a carved, floral border on three sides.

Inscription

Commemoration Tablet - 1914 1918 / IN MEMORY / OF / THE OLD BOYS / WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR / "WHO DIES, IF / ENGLAND LIVE?" / Names Tablets - (Year and Names)

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Abigail, E A
Adams, R S
Agassiz, H R G
Allen, S D
Andrews, H G
Apthorpe, H W
Armstrong, G P
Ball, E W
Barcock, H W
Bennett, J H
See details for all 154 names

Commemorations

VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials, year of leaving school, honour
Order of information: The VC was awarded to G G M Wheeler.
First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 154
Served and returned: 0
Died: 154
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials, surname, awards, year of leaving
Order of information: alphabetical within year of leaving

Components

Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone

Listing information

This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website

Condition

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Costs

Site: £470.16.6

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Private

Responsibility

Bedford Modern School

Reference

School website provides service and death detail, www.bedmod.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WWI-Roll-of-Honour-updated-15-08-2019.pdf, accessed 14th January 2024
School website as source of older image, www.bedmod.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WW1-Website-page-002.pdf, accessed 14th January 2024

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