Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Cambridge
Town
Cambridge
County
Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 1949
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
73026

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Current location

In the College Chapel
Westminster College
Madingly Road
Cambridge
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 0AA
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 44416 59037
Denomination: United Reformed

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Description
Brass plaque
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS / OF WESTMINSTER COLLEGE WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR / 1939-1945 / (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bawtree, Arthur C
Elmslie, William Thorburn
Hartman, Herman
Hesse, Theodor
James, Tw Douglas
Rogan, Harold E
Vellacott, Geoffrey W
See details for all 7 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 7
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 7
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: First name, any second intial, surname
    Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • The Report of the Senatus of Westminster College to the General Assembly of 1949 records "the erection of a memorial to those members of the College who gave their lives in the war" (page 30) and thanks the generosity of the Westminster College Association in meeting the expenditure.

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