Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Avenue / Tree or grove
- District
- Hinckley And Bosworth
- Town
- Botcheston
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 17th July 1922
Attended by: Captain Loton (an old boy of the school) - Dedicated
Date: 17th July 1922
Attended by: Canon W. Thompson Eliott, R.D. - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37510
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Current location
Polebrook Houses
Spinney Drive
Botcheston
Hinckley And Bosworth
Leicestershire
LE9 9FG
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 48400 05800
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Avenue of trees with associated pillar set in crazy paving Shield with sunflower motif on either side. Ornamention on the smooth side of pillar
- Inscription
- <crest> / This / avenue of trees / is planned / to the memory / of 56 old boys / of this school / who fell in the / Great War / 1914 - 1919 / (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Acaster, J W
Atkins, T H
Bacon, F G
Baker, G H
Barker, I
Bateman, F
Beck, J
Blayney, J J
Bostock, J W
Bowley, P
See details for all 56 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 56
Served and returned: 0
Died: 56
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials, surname
Order of information: surname, initials
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: depth 3", height 5FT 2", width 17"
Materials: Stone
- Pillar
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL NORTH OF POLEBROOK HOUSE AT NGR 484058
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Desford Boys School Avenue of Trees
- WMO ID: 250683
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 24-11-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- ACCORDING TO LETTER DATED 6 AUGUST 1999, NEEDS SOME ATTENTION Lettering very weathered in 2019 image.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Leicester Evening Mail - Tuesday 18 July 1922 DESFORD SCHOOL. Unveiling of War Memorial and Inspection.
- Leicester Chronicle - Saturday 22 July 1922 DESFORD MEMORIAL (picture)
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