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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Hall / Institute
- District
- Oswestry
- Town
- Oswestry
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Lt Col Douglas Hall (Designer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11 December 1954
Attended by: Mr J M Peterson - Dedicated
Date: 11 December 1954
Attended by: Rev A R Vincent - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Just inside the school gates and at right angles to the East end of the Chapel.
Oswestry Grammar School
Upper Brook Street
Oswestry
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY11 2TL
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 28398 29265
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Hall which is able to seat 250-300 people.
- Inscription
- (Unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Hall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Hall
- 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
- Costs
Comments: In addition to public subscription, the balance remaining from the 1914-1918 Memorial Fund was used to cover the costs of the hall. The land that the hall was built on was purchased by an independent third party, in order to prevent the hall being sold as School property at a future date.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- A History of Oswestry School by Oakley, R R 255-263
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