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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

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

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Condition

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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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