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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Vale Of White Horse
- Town
- Grove
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1948
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Rededicated
Date: 15th August 1993
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31617
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Current location
Entrance to recreation field,
Grove Memorial Gates
Recreation Lane
off Cane Road
Grove
Vale Of White Horse
Oxfordshire
OX12 0FL
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 39836 89486
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Pair of low metal gates between two brick pillars. Tablet mounted on right hand pillar.
- Inscription
- (Tablet) : [ ..... ] REPLACE THE ORIGINAL / OAK GATES SUBSCRIBED FOR BY THE / VILLAGERS IN 1948, AND ARE DEDICATED / TO THE MEMORY OF THE SERVICEMEN / OF THIS PARISH OF GROVE WHO WERE / KILLED OR WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF / THEIR SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II / 1939 - 1945 / GROVE PARISH COUNCIL / AUGUST 1993
- 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
- Gate posts
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Gates
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wrought Iron - Tablet
Measurements: height 16ins, width 11ins
Materials: Granite
- Gate posts
- 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
- Iron gates replaced the original wooden gates which disintegrated after 30 years of use and vandalism.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Grove P.C.
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