Memorial details

Memorial type
Garden
District
Dacorum
Town
Tring
County
Hertfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
14620

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Current location

Tring Memorial Garden
High Street (B4635)
Tring
Dacorum
Hertfordshire
HP23 5AG
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 92612 11486
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Formal garden with arched gateway. Wooden gates with concave top are supported by two brick gate posts. Surmounting is an iron arch with the inscription in gold lettering. Plaques are attached to the brick posts - on the left, bearing the dedication, is a cast bronze plaque with a laurel wreath above the raised inscription, with a modern brass plaque bearing an incised, blacked inscription, carrying 17 WW2 names, and - on the right, a nowy arched, cast brass plaque with a dove with a sprig of laurel in its beak, commemorates the start of WW1 (see WMR 102186), with a second modern brass plaque bearing an incised, blacked inscription, carrying a further 16 WW2 names. The two WW2 brass plaques are the subjects of a separate WMR record - 19340. Within the park a large interpretative board just inside the gates carries a display which is changed from time to time to commemorate anniversaries relating to both World Wars. Beside the footpaths a series of small laminated interpretative signs, one for each year of WW2, carry depictions of WW2 Government Information posters above a series of significant events in the respective years of the War. There is a wooden bench carrying an inscription for the 70th anniversary of the end of WW2 (WMR 102187).
Inscription
Gate arch: MEMORIAL GARDEN Left Gate Post, upper plaque: THIS GARDEN/ IS DEDICATED TO THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR VICTORY/ 1939-1945
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Garden
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Gates
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
  • Gate posts
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brick
Listing information
Condition
History
2001: Gardens restored
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Unidentified Publication 2001 Article about garden restoration

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