- Type of Memorial
- Hall / Institute
- WMR Reference Number
- 7648
- Description
- A two storey brick building. Set into the external, upper face of the North Wall is a stone niche with two plain round pillars supporting an unbroken pediment and a fluted canopy within which is a bronze figure of a young man in medieval plate armour, bare headed and holding a reversed, unsheathed sword. Below the figure is a rectangular stone tablet with the legend "1914-1918 " incised. There are various plaques, boards and framed document extracts relevant to both the original dedication in 1926 and the re-dedication in 2011 within the Hall which also contains a number of memorials which are separately listed: IWM 99984 (WW1 Books of Remembrance), IWM 99443 (WW1 Boards), IWM 99983 (WW2 Boards).
- Inscription
- Memorial Board - THIS BUILDING WITH THE/ CLOISTERS AND THE WEST PORCH/ WAS GIVEN BY THE OLD/ BEDFORDIANS CLUB IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE OLD BEDFORDIANS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THE EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE/ THROUGHOUT WERE PRESENTED BY/ OLD BEDFORDIANS MASTERS AND/ THEIR FRIENDS, EITHER AS/ PERSONAL GIFTS OR IN MEMORY/ OF PAST MEMBERS OF THIS SCHOOL/ THIS BUILDING WAS OPENED ON/ JULY 26TH 1926 BY HIS ROYAL/ HIGHNESS PRINCE HENRY K.G.
Brass Plaque - PRESENTED BY/WG CMD R W GAMBLIN AFC COL ,SAG ABRAHAMS TD/PRESIDENT CHAIRMAN/ THE OLD BEDFORDIANS CLUB/ 2007-2011/ ON THE OCCCASION OF THE /RE-DEDICATION OF THE MEMORIAL HALL/ 12 NOVEMBER 2011
Statements by the President of the Old Bedfordians Club and Prince Henry , Duke of Gloucester on the dedication of the Memorial Hall in 1926 . The statements are too lengthy to be recorded in full and can be viewed in the images section
Re-dedication of the Memorial Hall 12th November 2011 . A detailed statement by The President Old Bedfordians Club on the occasion of the re-dedication in 2011 . The statement is too lengthy to be recorded in full and can be viewed in the images section .
Extract from "AFTER TEN YEARS " by the Monitors of Bedford School 1928 .The statement is too lengthy to be recorded in full and can be viewed in the images section .
Main door top lintel: THIS MEMORIAL BUILDING WAS OPENED BY/ HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS K.G. G.C.V.O./ ON 26TH JULY 1926