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The Hazel, 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 Hazel,
Watson & Viney works was finally demolished in 2006.
Photographs courtesy of the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies.
Further information on Hazel, 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... "
From 'With the Colours', by courtesy of the Centre for
Buckinghamshire Studies. |
