Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Hertfordshire
- Town
- Hitchin
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- F W Trethowen, plaque (Builder)
Wilmotts of Hitchin, frame (Builder) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 4 March 1925
Attended by: Miss Marjorie Russell - Dedicated
Date: 20 June 1920
Attended by: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3801
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Current location
Located in the Memorial Hall
Tilehouse Street Baptist Church
Upper Tilehouse St
Hitchin
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG5 2EE
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 18049 28993
Denomination: Baptist
- Description
- Brass plaque in a fumed oak frame. Semicircular cornice enclosing a wreath of bay leaves positioned at the top centre of the frame.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORIUM / 1914-1919 / IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH AND / CONGREGATION WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1914-19. / (names) / THE MEMORY OF THEIR GREAT SACRIFICE / WILL EVER LIVE IN OUR HEARTS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brown, Frederick
Chapman, Edward E
Dennis, John H
Farrow, George
Fitt, Herbert
Lawrence, William
Sewell, James
Stevens, Frederick
Summerfield, Arthur
Tomlin, Arthur
See details for all 12 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 760 mm, width 710 mm
Materials: Brass - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- 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
- Costs
Site: £0
Memorial: £5,000- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Tilehouse Street Baptist Church
- Reference
- Herts Express, 26 June 1920, page 6
- "Come Wind, Come Weather" by G. E. Evans, pages 74 and 86-88.
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