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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Avenue / Tree or grove
- District
- Vale Of White Horse
- Town
- Coleshill
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Planted
Date: March 1996
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Planted
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31295
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Current location
In the Park,
Coleshill House Park
B4019
Coleshill
Vale Of White Horse
Oxfordshire
SN6 7PT
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 24046 93551
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Oak Tree. Inscription in Memorial Book has badge of SAS Regt at top left and that of the Dorsetshire Regt at top right.
- Inscription
- COLESHILL HOUSE PARK/ MEMORIAL TREE/ OAK TREE NO. 1 PLANTED IN THE PARK OF COLESHILL HOUSE/ IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF/ ALAN GEORGE ASHLEY/ AGED 24/ A MEMBER OF AUXILIARY UNITS (DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT)/ - TRAINED AT COLESHILL - AND 1ST SAS REGIMENT ('A'/ TROOP - 'B' SQUADRON WHO WAS EXECUTED ON 7TH JULY/ 1944 IN THE FOREST OF SAINTS SAUVANT, FRANCE, WHILST/ IN ACTION BEHIND ENEMY LINES ON OPERATION BULBASKET/ "YOUR MONUMENT ABIDES IN THE HEARTS OF/ THOSE WHOSE GAIN WAS KNOWING YOU"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ashley, Alan George
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tree
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Book
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Tree
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Reference
- Other website www.coleshillhouse.com/coleshill-memorial-trees.php
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