Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Aylesbury Vale
- Town
- Aylesbury
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: May 2005
Attended by: HRH The Princess Royal. - Unveiled
Date: 20th May 1920
Attended by: Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire - Show More (1)
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8011
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Current location
Viney House is a TA Drill Centre
Viney House
Oxford Road
Aylesbury
Aylesbury Vale
Buckinghamshire
HP19 8FU
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 81287 13774
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Private Residence
Aylesbury
Aylesbury Vale
Buckinghamshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Garden then company building
Walton Road
Aylesbury
Aylesbury Vale
Buckinghamshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Private Residence
- Description
- Three identical rectangular plaques mounted on wall. Centre plaque raised above two side plaques has latin cross at top and inscription. Side plaques contain names of dead. Simple border and nowy head to each plaque. Below these three plaques is another rectangular plaque with squared centre on bottom and top. All plaques are on a wall in the Reception Entrance of BPCC/Hazell Books Ltd.aque. Black with white inscription.
- Inscription
- Plaque, left: (Names)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE Plaque, centre: 1914-1919/ IN PROUD AND/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE MEMBERS/ OF THE STAFF OF/ HAZELL WATSON & VINEY LD./ WHO AT THE CALL OF/ KING AND COUNTRY./ LEFT ALL THAT/ WAS DEAR TO THEM/ ENDURED HARDSHIP/ FACED DANGER AND/ FINALLY PASSED OUT OF/ THE SIGHT OF MEN BY/ THE PATH OF DUTY/ AND SELF-SARIFICE/ LAYING DOWN THEIR/ LIVES THAT OTHERS/ MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM/ LET THOSE THAT COME AFTER/ SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES/ BE NOT FORGOTTEN.. Bottom plaque: THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED/IN MEMORY OF/THOSE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF HAZELL WATSON AND VINEY lTD/AND ITS ASSOCIATED COMPANIES/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT SEA ON LAND AND IN THE AIR/DURING THE WAR OF 1939 - 1945. Plaque, right: (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bickford, T
Biddiss, J
Biswell, W
Botley, P W R
Brewer, W
Brooks, A W
Brown, F
Burgess, R J
Burgess, W S
Burkett, T
See details for all 65 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 65
Served and returned: 0
Died: 65
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials, surname.
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials, surname.
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaques
- 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
- History
- 2004: Memorial moved, awaiting construction of new TA Drill Hall for relocation. 1989: Northumberland oiled granite plinth for wreath laying added.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Responsibility
- Buckingham Military Museum Trust
- Reference
- Other website www.buckinghamshireremembers.org.uk/memorials.htm
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