Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Dacorum
- Town
- Long Marston
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- MESSRS NEWMAN & HARPER (Builder)
MESSRS JAS CHANDLER OF LONG MARSTON (Manufacturer) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 07 August 1921
Attended by: LORD ROTHSCHILD - Dedicated
Date: 07 August 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1163
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Current location
Village Green
Station Road
Long Marston
Dacorum
Hertfordshire
HP23 4QS
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 89592 15719
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Three stepped base surmounted by plinth, tapered shaft and celtic cross. Inscription on the front face of the plinth and on the top step. Memorial has been carved from a single slab of granite. Cross stands on a raised area of ground with three steps leading up to the memorial itself. Low chain link and post fence placed around the boundary of the memorial.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ THE GALLANT MEN/ OF THIS VILLAGE WHO FOUGHT AND FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ THEY DID THEIR DUTY FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ 1939-1945 / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Badrick, George
Chaphan, Walter Jesse
Chappin, Harry
Chappin, James
Clarke, William Ernest
Gregory, Harry
Ives, James William
Wallis, Albert
Wallis, Joseph
Winfield, Eric Walter
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname,forename
Order of information: Surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 5790mm
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Listing information
- Long Marston 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
- Long Marston
- WMO ID: 121347
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 22-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2006: The custodians of the memorial applied for funding to repair the memorial through the English Heritage/Wolfson Foundation War Memorial Grant Scheme Proposed work included cleaning, repair and re-point stonework and refurbish chains
- Costs
Memorial: c £400 0s 0d
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Bucks Herald 17 January 1920; 24 January 1920; 25 December 1920; 13 August 1921
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