York Baedeker Raid (Chatsworth Street and Amberley Street)


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Reference WMO/294463

Address:

Poppleton Road Memorial Hall

Oak Street

Poppleton

York

YO26 4SE

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Hall
Materials:
  • Glass Glass
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Hall with a memorial tablet outside. The original wooden hall was rebuilt as a permanent structure in the 1980's- see the History reference
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1939 1945/REMEMBRANCE/TO LIVE IN THE HANDS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE/[names- those in the Army in Column 1 (10 names), in the Royal Air Force in Columns 1 to 2 (6 names), and 25 Civilians killed in the Baedeker raid Columns 2 to 3/RESIDENTS OF POPPLETON RD WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR; On Plaque within newer Hall: THIS BUILDING WAS OPENED/ BY/ MY ROY HUDSON/ PRESIDENT OF THE POPPLETON ROAD MEMORIAL HALL/ ON/ SATURDAY APRIL 7TH 1990/ THIS OPENING PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED/ BY/ THE LORD MAYOR AND LADY MAYORESS/ COUNCILLOR JACK ARCHER AND MRS ENA ARCHER

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