Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- East Hertfordshire
- Town
- Datchworth
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- WARHAM GUILD LTD (Designer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1948
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14559
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Current location
South wall
All Saints Church
Bury Lane
Datchworth
East Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG3 6RG
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 26776 19268
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Framed and glazed roll of honour with illustrated shields top and bottom (St. George, St. Michael and St. Nicholas). Lettering in red and black. Mounted in bead and ovolo frame.
- Inscription
- REMEMBER/ BEFORE GOD/ THE MEN OF / DATCHWORTH WHO WERE/ KILLED IN ACTION IN TWO WORLD/ WARS AND THOSE WHO DIED/ WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE/ SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arnold, Stanley William
Benett, John
Brownsell, Robert Francis
Campkin, Reginald
Cranswell, Leonard
Ellis, William
Francis, Charles William
Griffin, Thomas
Hipgrave, William
Lisles, John
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper - Frame
Measurements: depth 20MM, height 670MM, width 440MM
Materials: Wood
- Roll of honour
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Faculty Book September 1948 HALS DSA2/1/3/42
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