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The Hazell, Watson & Viney War Memorial was situated
in the garden on the corner of High Street and Walton
Road just across the road from their works. It was
unveiled (below) 20 November 1920. Road alterations
and the construction of a roundabout destroyed the
garden and the memorial tablets were incorporated
in the walls of the new works entrance near the
corner of Park Street. When the works was no longer
in use, the tablets were taken to the old TA Centre.
After the old Centre was demolished, the tablets
were stored in a private garage until they were
finally moved to the front entrance of the new TA
Centre in Oxford Road which was opened in 2005.
The Hazell, Watson & Viney works was finally demolished
in 2006.
Photographs courtesy of the Centre for Buckinghamshire
Studies.
Further information on Hazell, Watson & Viney First
World War casualties can be seen in the company's
publication 'With the Colours'. (Centre for
Buckinghamshire Studies – see Useful Links).
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"The War Shrine erected in the Aylesbury Folding
Room (at Hazell, Watson & Viney) suggested to the
Institute members that another might be erected
and hung near the main road. The Memorial takes
the form of a specially designed oak cabinet with
glass front and inside are the names of the fallen...
The shrine stands inside the main entrance to the
works and the effect is touching in its simplicity.
The unveiling ceremony was performed by Mr Hazell
on July 3rd 1918 in the presence of a large concourse
of sympathisers, including nearly the whole of the
staff. He spoke very touchingly about the great
sacrifice the lads had made on behalf of liberty...
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From 'With the Colours', by courtesy of the
Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies.
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