Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- East Hertfordshire
- Town
- Bishops Stortford
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 23rd June 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31014
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Current location
St Michael's Church
Windhill
Bishops Stortford
East Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
CM23 2ND
England
OS Grid Ref: TL4862421356
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Ornately-carved C15 lantern cross on a square-plan shaft and plinth, and two-tier octagonal-plan base. The lantern has Gothic ornament including crocketed pinnacles and blind cinquefoil arcades; the west elevation of the lantern features a scene of the crucifixion, with Christ flanked by the Blessed Virgin and St John. The shaft and plinth are chamfered, and the west elevation of the plinth is inscribed.
- Inscription
- IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF MEN OF/ THIS PARISH AND CONGREGATION/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ RIP/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT/ THEIR NAMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Auger, Joseph
Auger, Victor
Aylett, Charles
Bailey, Bernard
Beeston, Edwin
Brazier, Robert Wm
Carter, Charles
Carter, Robert
Champness, William
Curtis, Ernest
See details for all 37 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 38
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 38
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 2000MM, height 6000MM, width 2000MM
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- St Michael's Church - WW1
- WMO ID: 93296
- Condition: Good [last updated on 21-08-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2022: Lettering illegible. General condition intact but very dirty 2000: Lettering illegible
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Church of England
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