Memorial
Youth Of Ruislip Open Air Chapel
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Current Location
Mad Bess Wood, Near Mad Bess Cottage, between Ducks Hill Road and North Breakspear Road, Open Air Chapel War Memorial, Ducks Hill Road, Ruislip Common, Hillingdon, Greater London, HA4 7TL, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 08456 88834
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- Type of Memorial
- Chapel or Church: Freestanding building
- WMR Reference Number
- 2187
- Description
- Grassed area surrounded by a hedge and trees with a plaque on a low concrete plinth near the entrance. Open air chapel (23,m x 10.6m) surrounded by beech hedge, inscription plaque mounted on stone. Open air chapel approximately 24 yards long by 11 yards wide surrounded by beech hedge.
- Inscription
- THIS CHAPEL IS DEDICATED/TO THE MEMORY OF/THE YOUTH OF RUISLIP/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/1939-1945/THE 1ST RUISLIP SCOUT GROUP/UNDER THEIR FOUNDER DR W MAX WILSON/CONCEIVED THIS IDEA WHICH ALSO/ PERPETUATED THE MEMORY OF/THEIR 20 MEMBERS WHO FELL
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Components
- Plaque
Height: 177.8 mm
Width: 228.6 mm
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
- Garden
Width: 23M
Condition: Good
- Stone of remembrance
Height: 254 mm
Width: 381 mm
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- Chapel
Height: 1905 mm
Width: 889 mm
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- The Home Front: Ruislip, Northwood and Eastcote in wartime by Ruislip, Northwood and Eastcot p.47 (2007) (Kay Holmes, Scout Chapel in Mad Bess Wood, Ruislip, RNELHS Journal 1996 pg 47).