This shelter was built by Mr Frederick Hunt, unveiled on 11th November 1949 by Major General R.H.Dewin and dedicated by Rev J.D.Sayer (Rector of Whepstead) and Rev. G.Rushden (local Methodist Minister)
The following note comes from the I.W.M. Memorial Register
In the years following the memorial's construction there were various instances in which the windows were broken. In the 1960s the shelter was almost
completely demolished following a road accident and had to be rebuilt. Vandalism continued in the 1970s; the windows were broken, the plaque had disappeared,
and graffiti in the form of spray paint covered the inside of the shelter. The windows were later bricked in and Mr Ron Smart, a former soldier, agreed to
regularly sweep the shelter. The plaque was eventually found in a ditch and left in a farm building across from the shelter where it was once again
forgotten and left for 12 years. When found in 1986 the plaque was restored and rehung in the shelter.
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We will remember them.
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