Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- North Hertfordshire
- Town
- Offley
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 7th March 1920
Attended by: Rev E P Gatty - Unveiled
Date: 7th March1920
Attended by: Viscount Hampden, Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3825
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Current location
Crossroad with Salusbury Lane
Kings Walden Road
Offley
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG5 3DU
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 14523 26767
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Crucifix on three base octagons. Figure stated to have been based on a carving in Worcester Cathedral.
- Inscription
- (6 o'clock)IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF OFFLEY/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ SUCH A DEATH/IS IMMORTALITY (7.30 o'clock) 1915 (names) 1916 (names) 1917 (names) (4.30 o'clock) 1917 (names0 1918 (names) 1919 (name) (upper octagon) 1914/19 (middle octagon) 1939-1946 (6 o'clock) AND IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1946 (7.30 o'clock) (names) (4.30 o'clock) (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bird, Robert Stanley
Bunker, Hubert Samuel
Cain, Harold Walter
Clark, William
Davis, Charles
Dyer, Edward
Ewington, Edward George
Fleckney, George Frederick
Fleckney, Sidney Thomas
Gosling, Charles
See details for all 32 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, year died, forename
Order of information: By year of death - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Crucifix
Measurements: depth 2500mm, height 4000mm, width 2500mm
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Crucifix
- 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
- OFFLEY WAR MEMORIAL
- WMO ID: 118850
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 02-10-2017]
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- History
- 2012: Now surrounded by a hedge instead of the former wooden fence. c1923: oak rails erected to protect memorial from cattle.
- Costs
Site: Nil
Comments: The land was given by the Lord of the Manor, Mr. Salusbury-Hughes.
Memorial: £215- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Offley Parish Council
- Reference
- Hertfordshire Express, 13 March 1920, page 8
- 'Hertfordshire Countryside' undated, p 34-36
- Hertfordshire Express, 20 March 1920, page 8
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