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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
- 31296
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Current location
In the Park,
Coleshill House Park
B4019
Coleshill
Vale Of White Horse
Oxfordshire
SN6 7PR
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 24046 93551
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Beech tree. Inscription is in Memorial Book. Unit badges at top left and right.
- Inscription
- COLESHILL HOUSE PARK/ MEMORIAL TREE/ (BEECH TREE NO. 5)/ COMMEMORATING/ AUXILIARY UNITS (RESISTANCE)/ (CHURCHILL'S SECRET ARMY)/ 1940 - 1944/ THIS TREE IS DEDICATED AS A TRIBUTE TO THE 'LADS'/ OF THE SOUTH EAST ESSEX AND EAST ANGLIAN GROUPS/ WHO WERE TRAINED IN CLANDESTINE OPERATIONS AT/ COLESHILL HOUSE/ "READY TO SERVE IF CALLED"
- 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
- 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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