Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- North Hertfordshire
- Town
- Knebworth
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 15 August 1920
Attended by: Rev GA Jackson of St Pauls, Hampstead - Unveiled
Date: 15 August 1920
Attended by: Rt Hon Earl of Lytton - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3813
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Current location
Outside Old Entrance of Knebworth Hosue
Park Lane
Knebworth
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG3 6QD
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 23020 20427
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Octagonal pillar on plinth on base with eroded statue at top. one side of statue shows Christ on Calvary, the other, the Madonna and Child
- Inscription
- (Plinth): IN HONOUR OF THE/BRAVE MEN FROM THIS/ PARISHWHO FOUGHT/IN THANKFULNESS TO GOD/IN REMEMBRANCE OF/THOSE WHO DIED IN/THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/(Names) (Base): IN REMEMBRANCE ALSO OF THOSE/WHO DIED 1939-1945/( Names)/THEY SHALL BE MINE SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS/IN THAT DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY JEWELS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, W A
Arnold, T
Ashby, F
Austin, A
Bowskill, F C
Braine, Ra
Brown, L
Buchanan, F C
Butterfield, C
Camfield, S
See details for all 57 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 45
Served and returned: 0
Died: 45
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Base
Measurements: depth 1800MM, height 300MM, width 1800MM
Materials: Stone - Pillar
Measurements: depth 200MM, height 3000MM, width 200MM
Materials: Stone - Plinth
Measurements: depth 600MM, height 600MM, width 600MM
Materials: Stone - Wall
Measurements: height 300MM
Materials: Stone - Figure
Measurements: depth 300MM, height 900MM, width 300MM
Materials: Stone
- Base
- Listing information
- Knebworth War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Old Knebworth
- WMO ID: 118862
- Condition: Good [last updated on 22-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2013, JUne; 12 WW1 names added
- Costs
Comments: 2013: £163;4,800 paid by War Memorials Trust, Knebworth Village Trust and North Herts District Council to add 12 WW1 names.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: Donation by Lord Lytton - Reference
- Unidentified Newspaper/Magazine 19 June 2013 p.14 Welwyn Hatfield Times series
- War Memorials Trust WM1842 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=134
- Hertfordshire Express 21 August 1920 p7-8. Photo
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