
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Street shrine
- District
- St Albans
- Town
- St Albans
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: April 1921
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Dedicated
Date: April 1921
Attended by: Bishop of St Albans - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14708
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Current location
On the wall of Number 52
Holywell Hill
St Albans
St Albans
Hertfordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 14645 06953
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Street shrine. Stone tablet with incised lettering, surmounted by broken triangular pediment which is inset with a Crucifix. Originally had flower troughs below.
- Inscription
- 1914 FOR 1918 / REMEMBRANCE / HOLYWELL HILL / (Names) / DAY'S YARD / (Names) / PROSPECT ROAD / (Names) / R.I.P.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Austin, Herbert
Bell, Walter
Belshaw, William
Cunningham, Harold
Hobbs, Stanley
Kent, Harold
Kent, Lionel
Newman, Rowland
Phipps, Leckonby
Savage, Albert
See details for all 13 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,address
Order of information: address,surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Shrine
Measurements: height 900MM, width 450MM
Materials: Stone
- Shrine
- Listing information
- No name for this Entry
- 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
- Holywell Hill
- WMO ID: 109142
- Condition: Good [last updated on 26-02-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- ST ALBANS CITY COUNCIL
- Reference
- THE STREET MEMORIALS OF ST ALBANS ABBEY PARISH by GOODMAN, ALICE 24-7;43-4 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:ST ALBANS & HERTFORDSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL & ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOC 1987 HERTFORD
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