Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Hertsmere
- Town
- Bushey
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- SIR WILLIAM REID DICK KCVO RA (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 17th March 1922
Attended by: FM The Earl of Cavan KP GCB GCMG GCVO GBE
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14576
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Current location
Junction Of Sparrows Herne And School Lane
Bushey
Hertsmere
Hertfordshire
WD23 1SR
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 13798 94748
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Sculpted female figure in mourning with head bowed and supported by left hand, wearing loose robes and sandals. Laurel wreath in right hand and standing on a plinth in front of a cenotaph. The dates 1914 and 1918 in relief flank the figure. Inscription on reverse of cenotaph.
- Inscription
- TO THE/ HONOURED/ MEMORY OF/ MEN WHO WENT FORTH FROM THIS/ PLACE AND FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names) ALSO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945/ (Names)/ TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED/ YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, W
Aish, G
Allen, J
Allen, W
Andrews, J
Andrews, P
Andrews, W
Anthony, H
Ashby, F
Ashby, P
See details for all 156 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 157
Served and returned: 0
Died: 157
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 83
Served and returned: 0
Died: 83
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: height C 13 FT
Materials: Stone - Portland - Figure
Measurements: height C 8 FT
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Plinth
- Listing information
- THE WAR MEMORIAL AT JUNCTION WITH SCHOOL LANE
- 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
- Bushey
- WMO ID: 109271
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 11-10-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: £2500
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Source: Image Library NIWM Published:SESSIONS 1988 YORK
- Church Times 23 Dec 2016, page 38-regarding Rifleman Bertram Prewett
- Harrow Gazette 13 Feb.1920
- The Times 9 March 1922
- Carter Postcard Collection
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