Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Hall / Institute
- District
- Chiltern
- Town
- Chalfont St Peter
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 07 December 1920
Attended by: RT HON EARL BEATTY OM GCB GCVO DSO
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2158
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Current location
Royal British Legion Club
Nicol Road
Chalfont St Peter
Chiltern
Buckinghamshire
SL9 9NB
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 99633 90663
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Memorial Hall
Market Hill
Chalfont St Peter
Chiltern
Buckinghamshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Memorial Hall
- Description
- Memorial Hall (demolished) with wall-mounted, white marble tablet. Tablet has black lettering, with inscription and four columns of names, surrounded by a black border. (3 more WW1 names were erroneously included on the WW2 memorial, ref. IWM 57512)
- Inscription
- THIS HALL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF CHALFONT ST. PETER / (78 NAMES) / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1919
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Atkinson, Owen Dayot
Ballard, William
Bantock, Arthur Thomas
Berridge, Raymond
Bird, Edwin James
Birh, Eli
Blake, Henry
Boddington, Joseph T
Brooks, Edwin
Bunce, John
See details for all 78 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 78
Served and returned: 0
Died: 78
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 910 mm, width 1220 mm
Materials: Marble - Hall
Measurements: depth 11.7 m, width 30.5 m
Materials: Brick
- Tablet
- 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
- 1962: Memorial Hall was demolished and the tablet was moved to the Royal British Legion Club
- Costs
Site: Free
Comments: Site of hall was given by Adolf Fass. Memorial Hall itself was a former Officers' Mess from Denham Camp and cost £660. Additional costs included moving the hall and a new roof.
Memorial: £4,500- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- Advertiser & Gazette Uxbridge, held by Hillingdon Library
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