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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other structure
- District
- South Bucks
- Town
- Gerrards Cross
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 06 November 1949
Attended by: Eric Colston, Chairman of the Community Centre & Parish Council. - Dedicated
Date: 6,November 1949
Attended by: Rev. John Pain, vicar of Parish Church of St. James, Gerrards Cross - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8282
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Current location
8
Gerrards Cross Memorial Centre.
East Common
Gerrards Cross
South Bucks
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7AD
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 00400 88100
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Three-story white building with slanted roof and side extensions. Parking lot in front; chimney stacks on each side.
- Inscription
- IN LOYALTY TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE /WAR OF 1939-45 THIS CENTRE IS DEDICATED TO THE FOSTERING AND/ FURTHERANCE IN GOOD FELLOWSHIP OF ALL ARTS AND EXERCISES/ HEALTHFUL AND ENRICHING TO BODY AND MIND, TO THE END THAT BY/ THE GRACE OF ALMIGHTY GOD WE THE LIVING MAY TOGETHER CULTIVATE/ IN A SPIRIT OF TRUE COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERITAGE PRESERVED/ FOR US AND OUR CHILDREN AT SO GREAT AND SACRED A COST. (EXACT LINE SPACING NOT KNOWN)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- Listing information
- Gerrards Cross Memorial Building
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Gerrards Cross Community Association and Memorial Centre
- WMO ID: 262720
- Condition: Good [last updated on 10-04-2019]
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- Costs
Site: £6000
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- General Council of Community Association
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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