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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- St Albans
- Town
- Sandridge
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 24-april1921
Attended by: DEAN OF ST ALBANS
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14649
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Current location
AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH
ST LEONARDS CHURCH
High St
Sandridge
St Albans
Hertfordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 172 107
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- BRICK BASE AND WOODEN FRAMED LYCH GATE WITH TILED ROOF. BRONZE TABLETS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE GATE. WOODEN BOARDS WITH NAMES ON ATTACHED TO THE ROOF
- Inscription
- LEFT SIDE OF GATE: TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / THIS LYCHGATE / WAS ERECTED/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / AND / KEEPS ALIVE ALSO / THE MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO FELL / IN THE WORLD WAR OF / 1939 - 1945 RIGHT SIDE OF THE GATE: IN MEMORIAM / 1914 - 1918 / (NAMES) / 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES) INSIDE LEFT OF GATE: THE NAMES ON THESE TABLETS ARE A RECORD / OF GRATITUDE TO THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO SERVED AND RETURNED FROM THE GREAT WAR. / 1914 - 1918 / (NAMES) INSIDE RIGHT OF GATE: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Addington, W
Archer, A
Archer, A
Archer, F
Archer, G
Arnold, H
Arnold, H
Arnold, J
Arnold, W
Arnold, W
See details for all 156 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 154
Served and returned: 130
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: height C 360MM, width C 80MM
Materials: Bronze - Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaques
- Listing information
- LYCH GATE TO ST LEONARD'S CHURCH INCLUDING FLANKING WALLS
- 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
- SANDRIDGE
- WMO ID: 109200
- Condition: Good [last updated on 19-06-2019]
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- Costs
Memorial: £300
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- ST LEONARDS PARISH
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