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Memorial details

Memorial type
Composite
District
Leominster
Town
Leominster
County
Hereford And Worcester
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: Before 9 July 1949
    Attended by: The Mayoress (Mrs. H. B. Thomas) who lost two brothers in two World Wars
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
85547

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Current location

1st Leominster Scout Group Headquarters
Pinsley Road
Leominster
Leominster
Hereford And Worcester
HR6 8NN
England

OS Grid Ref: SO 50030 59130
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Newspaper report: Memorial to memory of nine Old Boys of the Leominster troop of Boy Scouts who lost their lives in WW2. Consists of two English oak doors with antique hinges carrying bronze plates with the names of those who died. The doors are on the Scout Hall. Seven names in original news report, nine in list on the troop website.
Inscription
"These doors are in remembrance of the seven old boys of the Leominster Troop who laid down their lives in the war of 1939 - 45." (From newspaper report
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Banks, Jack
Bassett, Fred
Jones, Clifford
Oxenham, Charles
Parker, Victor
Powis, Trevor
Prosser, Walter
Ross, Douglas
Watkins, Lawson
See details for all 9 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 9
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 9
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: forename, surname
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Door
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood - English Oak
  • Plaques / Panels with names
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Comments: The doors were the gift of Messrs. J. H. Ross and J. L. Watkins, the names of whose sons are among those on the two inscriptions.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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