Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Hertfordshire
- Town
- Hitchin
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), VC or GC Recipients
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: July 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3805
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Current location
TA Drill Hall
Bedford Road
Hitchin
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG5 2WA
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 17870 30259
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Drill Hall
Starlings Bridge
Hitchin
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Drill Hall
- Description
- Free standing tablet topped by regimental badge surrounded by a wreath, on three-stepped plinth.
- Inscription
- TO/ THE UNDYING MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES, OF NO.4 COMPANY,/ THE 1ST BATTALION, THE HERTFORDSHIRE REGIMENT,/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ 1914 1919/ ERECTED/ BY MEMBERS OF HITCHIN TERRITORIAL CLUB/ AND FRIENDS OF THE REG (sic)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Albone, C V W
Ansell, F
Arnold, T
Baines, F
Bavington, H L
Bennett, E W
Bentley, F
Bigg, B R
Bigg, S A
Bishop, A
See details for all 74 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 74
Served and returned: 0
Died: 74
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, rank, regiment, decorations
Order of information: Undefined - VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 60cm, height 250cm, width 170cm
Materials: Marble - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Tablet
- 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
- History
- c 2004 moved further north along Bedford Rd as land was sold for redevelopment, but remains in curtilage of TA Centre
- Costs
Site: free
Comments: Memorial erected by members of Hitchin Territorial Club and friends of the Regt
Memorial: £180- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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