Memorial Hall - Church Street - Marton, Warwickshire
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Marton War Memorial Hall on Church Street, Marton, built in remembrance of the fallen of WWI.
Waymark Code: WM128MF
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/30/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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Marton War Memorial Hall on Church Street, Marton, built in remembrance of the fallen of WWI. It is a brick-built hall, there is a wall-mounted dedicatory slate tablet set into the wall to the left of the entrance. it was unveiled 28th November 1921, Attended by Colonel HARRIS.

The inscription on the tablet reads -
VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL
This Hall was purchased by Voluntary
Subscription to the memory of
the Boys from the Village who
fell in the Great War 1914 -18
(6 NAMES)
They died that we might live


Names on tablet -
Fred Bennett,
J. Mawby Mills,
Alfred Smith,
George Smallwood,
Walter Smallwood,
Lewis J. Young,
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 11/28/1921

Private or Public Monument?: Private

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Public subscription

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe

Website for this Monument: [Web Link]

Physical Address of Monument:
The Marton War Memorial Hall
Church Street
Marton , Warwickshire England
CV23 9RL


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