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The Wheatley Society and the local branch of the Royal British Legion plan a multi-year marking of the centenary of The Great War. Of the 181 village men who served, thirty-six (20) were killed, a strikingly high proportion. Planning is under way for several initiatives:
All will be remembered individually in an illustrated commemorative book, with input from local historians and printed by a local firm.
An exhibition for which some of the material is already available will...
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Region:- South East England; County:- Oxfordshire; Administrative Area:- South Oxfordshire; Place:- Wheatley