Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Bells or bell tower
- District
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Town
- Hatfield
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Messrs. Mears & Stainbank (Founder / Foundry)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 35031
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Current location
ST ETHELDREDAS CHURCH
Hatfield
Welwyn Hatfield
Hertfordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 235 085
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Ten bells.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ RUPERT EDWARD GASCOYNE CECIL/ BORN JANUARY 20TH, 1895/ KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES, JULY 11TH, 1915 IN MEMORY OF/ RUPERT EDWARD GASCOYNE CECIL/ SON OF WILLIAM, BISHOP OF EXETER/ SOMETIME RECTOR OF BISHOP'S HATFIELD/ AND OF FLORENCE, HIS WIFE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Gascoyne-cecil, Rupert Edward
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, date of birth, manner of death, place of death, date of death, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Bells
Measurements: height 711mm
Materials: Metal
- Bells
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- The Church Bells of Hertfordshire, Geoffrey Dodds (1992), p. 101.
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