It was designed to honour those who tragically lost their lives in the Second World War and has proudly hung in Wolverhampton for more than 60 years.

But now this old war memorial is in need of a new home – after it was taken down and put into storage because it did not “fit in” with its surroundings.

The oak commemorative plaque, displaying the names of 27 men who died in battle, used to be on display at Wolverhampton Council’s Adult Education Service in Old Hall Street.

It had been designed by pupils when the building was the city’s Intermediate School after the war ended. But bosses at the education centre have taken it down and refused to put it back up

.Pensioner Pat Newey, from Wolverhampton, who helped design the memorial in 1948 while studying a the institute, said the centre’s decision was a disgrace.

He said: “I went in the other day and discovered it was no longer up on the wall. I found out it was being held in storage which I think is a disgusting.”

Mr Newey, aged 78, helped make the oak memorial, along with two friends, Marie Wood and Ken Westwood.

“Our headmaster decided at the time that the school should honour those who had lost their lives in the war,” he said.

“We worked during woodwork classes and after school to get it finished. It took us quite a while to finish.

”The wooden plaque was displayed on a wall in the school’s downstairs corridor and pays tribute to members of school staff and former pupils who lost their lives in the war.

“I discovered it was deemed by a board of governors as not appropriate to hang on the walls,”

Mr Newey said.“I don’t think the people there understood why it was up on the wall.”

The former technology teacher added he wanted to make it a priority to find the memorial a new home in the city.

If it can’t be displayed where it is now then I want to find somewhere it can go,” the grandfather-of-six said.

He added the city’s new archives service at Molineux Hotel would be a perfect place to display the plaque.

Chris Parsons, head of adult and community learning, said: “The memorial commemorating pupils from the school who were lost in the Second World War was put into storage when the Adult Education Service’s building on Old Hall Street was refurbished around five years ago.

“Unfortunately, it was one of a number of items which was not repositioned afterwards.”The Adult Education Service would like to thank Mr Newey for bringing this matter to its attention and it is currently considering the best place for his memorial to be displayed in the future.”