Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Broxbourne
- Town
- Hoddesdon
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Non-Specific Conflict
- Maker
- Messrs W. Andrews and Sons (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 10th April 1921
Attended by: Viscount Hampden, Lord Lietenant of Hertfordshire and Reverend C.B. Greaves
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41655
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Current location
Maket place near Clock Tower.
High Street
Hoddesdon
Broxbourne
Hertfordshire
EN11 8HD
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 37339 08841
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Celtic cross on octagonal base. Four WW2 tablets at foot. Surrounded by metal railings.
- Inscription
- ERECTED TO THE/ UNDYING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ OF/ HODDESDON/ AND/ RYE PARK/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ AND ALL SUBSEQUENT/ CONFLICTS IN THE SERVICE/ OF THEIR COUNTRY/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO/ MAN THAN THIS" (Names for WW1 on seven other faces) (WW2 Tablets (Names)/WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ 01.01.2000
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abel, G F
Acres, C J
Adams, L M
Adams, T
Aitkens, A R K
Arnall, R A
Atkinson, A W
Aylott, V A W
Ayre, F O
Baldry, A J
See details for all 230 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 158
Served and returned: 0
Died: 158
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Non-Specific Conflict
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- Hoddesdon and Rye Park
- WMO ID: 82928
- Condition: Good [last updated on 17-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Broxbourne Council
- Reference
- Published:Borough of Broxbourne 2010
- Other website www.broxbourne.gov.uk/community_and_living/births,_deaths_and_marriages/war_memorials_in_broxbourne.aspx
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