Mill Hill School Evacuees-Churchyard Paddock Memorials

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Second World War - civilians

Maker

Honister Slate Ltd (Makers)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 2007
Attended by:

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

70973

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Current location

the paddock is through a gate behind the modern (to 2013) part of the churchyard
St Bees Priory Churchyard Paddock
Main Street
St Bees
Copeland
Cumbria
CA27 0DR
England

OS Grid Ref: NX 96834 12089
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

1) Stainless Steel Plaque on a wooden bench 2) Slate Plaque on the wall

Inscription

1. Bench Plaque-PRESENTED BY OLD BOYS OF/MILL HILL SCHOOL/IN RECOGNITION OF/KINDNESS RECEIVED FROM/THE PEOPLE OF ST BEES/DURING WORLD WAR TWO 2. Slate Tablet-IN MEMORY OF/MICHAEL BERRY OBE/(1930-2004)/WHO WITH/DAVID SMITH (1925-1991)/FORMED THE ST BEES OLD MILLHILLIANS ASSOCIATION/IN COMMEMORATION OF THE WARTIME EVACUATION/OF MILL HILL SCHOOL TO ST BEES 1939-1945/ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Plaque
Measurements: depth 5mm, height 140mm, width 200mm
Materials: Stainless Steel
Tablet
Measurements: depth 15mm, height 460mm, width 760mm
Materials: Slate

Listing information

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Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

www.stbees.org.uk/history/millhill/millhill_minutes.html (for the installation date and maker, but see also other pages on this site for much more detail of Mill Hill School at St Bees)
www.millhill.org.uk/popups/boarding-faqs.html (a short film of the school at St Bees)

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