Vera Brittain - Brampton Park - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK. - Dedicated Trees on Waymarking.com

The tree is located in a small wood at Brampton Park.

The plaque, situated by the tree, is inscribed as follows;

'To commemorate the life
and work of the writer
Vera Brittain
1893 - 1970
who was born on
29th December 1893
in Sidmouth Avenue
Newcastle-under-Lyme

This tree was planted by her
daughter The Right Honourable
Shirley Williams P.C.
on 27th October 2000'

Vera Mary Brittain (29 December 1893 – 29 March 1970) was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, and pacifist. Her best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth recounted her experiences during the First World War and the beginning of her journey towards pacifism.
She was the mother of Liberal Democrat Shirley Williams.
A plaque marking Brittain's former home can be seen at 9 Sidmouth Avenue, Newcastle-under-Lyme. (next to Brampton Park)
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Baroness Williams of Crosby visited Brampton Park in Newcastle Under Lyme on Thursday 23rd July.
In 2000 she planted a copper beech on the Park in memory of her mother, Vera Brittain – who wrote ‘Testament of Youth’. She saw the tree and also the Lady in the Park sculpture which was inspired by the famous book. Photographs can be seen at the following link: (visit link)

Newcastle-under-Lyme Civic Society Monthly Archives: July 2015
Baroness Williams visits Brampton Park
The Rt. Hon. the Baroness Williams of Crosby visits her mother’s birthplace: (visit link)

Location of the tree: Brampton Park Type of tree: Copper Beech

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