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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Hall / Institute
- District
- South Bedfordshire
- Town
- Totternhoe
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 6 October 1928
Attended by: Mr Fred Costin
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 7744
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Current location
Memorial Hall
Castle Hill Road
Totternhoe
South Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
LU6 1QQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 98403 21607
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Hall with two associated pressed copper plaques on a painted red wooden board, side by side.
- Inscription
- Hall: TOTTERNHOE MEMORIAL HALL Plaque WW1: OCTOBER 6TH 1928/ THIS HALL WAS BUILT AS A MEMORIAL/ TO THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO/ MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names) Plaque WW2: TO THE MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF/ TOTTERNHOE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL/ REMEMBER THEM."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brown, Harry
Cherry, Kenneth
Fountain, William
Hardy, Fred
Holland, Arthur
Leno, Ronald
Leno, William
Morgan, Albert
Morgan, Ernest
Morgan, William
See details for all 13 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 360mm, width 250mm
Materials: Copper - Board
Measurements: height 420mm, width 620mm
Materials: Wood - Hall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Plaque
- 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
- Costs
Comments: The land where the memorial hall is located was given to the village by a local farmer, Mr Arthur Woods. The building was paid for by donations from residents and the builders built it "at cost".
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Memorial Hall trustees
- Reference
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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