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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Garden
- District
- Tynedale
- Town
- Hexham
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Undefined
Date: 1972
Attended by: Undefined - Rededicated
Date: July 14th 2002
Attended by: Revd Joe Linton - Show More (1)
- Undefined
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 70906
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Current location
behind Abbeygate House
Cowgarth
Hexham
Tynedale
Northumberland
NE46 3LX
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 93504 64185
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rose garden, originally 60 rose bushes of 2 beds with 30 bushes in each. Present bed is 50 feet long x 3 feet wide containing 60 rose bushes. The dedication is carried on a metal plaque with chamfered edges on the surrounding wall. At centre top is a stylised red rose. The lettering is in Roman lower case.
- Inscription
- This Rose Garden/was presented by the/Hexham Branch of the/Royal Air Forces Association,/dedicated to the memory of all Royal Air Force and/Women’s Auxiliary Air Force/personnel, who gave their lives/n the Second World War.
- 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
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Garden
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Plaque
- 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
- Private
Details: Donated by Royal Air Force Association, Hexham - Reference
- Hexham Courant April 20 2001, July 19th 2002 reports rededication
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7640
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