Landscape record 0737400000 - Dorney WW1 Memorial Garden

Summary

Garden to commemorate the 12 men from Dorney killed in WW2

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Type and Period (3)

  • WAR MEMORIAL (Constructed 1952, Modern - 1901 AD to 1999 AD)
  • COMMEMORATIVE GARDEN (Constructed 1952, Modern - 1952 AD to 1999 AD)
  • PLAQUE (Constructed 1952, Modern - 1952 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Memorial Garden in Dorney with 12 oak trees to commemorate the 12 men from Dorney killed in WW1. The garden, dedicated in May 1952, includess a seat with an inscribed plaque (B1).
I mperial War Museum website lists garden as a WW1 memorial, however the Dorney History Group website makes it clear that it is a WW2 memorial (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC24036 Digital archive: Imperial War Museum. 2011. UK National Inventory of War Memorials. UKNIWM 61285.
  • <2>SBC25224 Digital archive: Dorney History Group. Undated. Information from Dorney History Group website.

Location

Grid reference SU 93164 79048 (point)
Civil Parish DORNEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 12 2019 1:03PM

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