Centenary Field plan for Donnington Recreation Ground
Telford & Wrekin Council proposing Donnington Recreation Ground be included as part of a national scheme aimed at commemorating the centenary of World War One.
The Centenary Fields programme has been established as a national partnership between the Royal British Legion and Fields In Trust to protect war memorial parks and playing fields.
The programme aims to encourage every local authority in the UK to nominate at least one recreational space to be dedicated as a Centenary Field.
The aim is to create a tangible local legacy that will be valued by the local community for generations to come.
Donnington Recreation Ground has memorial gates located at one of its entrances with the words Lest We Forget 1914-1918. Either side of the gates are the lists of the names of the 38 people from Donnington who lost their lives fighting for their country in the two World Wars.
Telford & Wrekin Council has developed a positive relationship with Fields In Trust which has already seen three sites in the borough dedicated as Fields In Trust under the Queen Elizabeth Ii Fields Challenge.
