Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Hall / Institute
- District
- Wychavon
- Town
- Bretforton
- County
- Hereford And Worcester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 11th July 1920
Attended by: Vicar, Rev. J. E. H. Blake (Lost his two sons in the war) - Dedicated
Date: 19th June 1949
Attended by: Vicar, the Rev. C. M. Stickings - Unveiled
Date: 19th June 1949
Attended by: Mr, Rupert De la Bere, M.P., "a humble member of the British Legion." - Show More (2)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 85064
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Current location
Corner of Whitford Close and Main Street
Bretforton Memorial Hall
Main Street
Bretforton
Wychavon
Hereford And Worcester
WR11 7JH
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 09048 43993
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Newspaper report: Memorial hall dedicated after WW1 with large oval plaque on external wall with dedication and names of the Fallen. Two smaller oval plaques were added in 1949 to commemorate two men from the village who died in WW2, one each side of the WW1 plaque.
- Inscription
- 1914 - 1919 / THIS HALL WAS BUILT / IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF BRETFORTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / (names) Two plaques with 1939-1945 and name, one each side of the WW1 plaque
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allchurch, Wilson D.
Blake, Edward Sylvester
Blake, James Robert
Carter, Alfred
Carter, Malcolm
Clarke, Albert
Cleaver, Albert
Coldicott, William
Darke, Albert
Dowdeswell, Charles
See details for all 29 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: 0
Died: 27
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of information: surname, forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Hall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Local stone, local tiles - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Hall
- 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
Memorial: £1,550
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer - Saturday 17 July 1920 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002560/19200717/026/0003 BRETFORTON MEMORIAL HALL OPENED
- Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer - Friday 24 June 1949 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002560/19490624/093/0005 Bretforton Remembers Its "Elder Brethren" MEMORIAL PLAQUES UNVEILED
- Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer - Saturday 17 July 1920 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002560/19200717/044/0004 NOTES
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