Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Daventry
Town
West Haddon
County
Northamptonshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: August 1920
    Attended by: General The Lord Horne GCB KCMG ADC
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
15000

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Current location

All Saints Church
High Street
West Haddon
Daventry
Northamptonshire
NN6 7AP
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 63005 71821
Denomination: Church of England

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Previous locations
  • Station Road
    West Haddon
    Daventry
    Northamptonshire
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Two-stepped octagonal base surmounted by a square plinth with pad and a tapering square sectioned shaft & latin cross. Raised inscriptions ( extremely weathered) on stone panelled west and north sides of plinth, metal plaques with white lettering fixed to south (WW1) and east (WW2), stone panels.
Inscription
LEST WE FORGET/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ THESE WERE OUR/ CHILDREN WHO DIED/ FOR OUR LANDS/ THEY WERE DEAR / IN OUR SIGHT/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Dove, James Lewin
Eaglestone, Edgar
Fitzroy, Michael Algernon
Gammage, Walter
Goodman, Thomas
Hollis, William Henry
Letts, Walter
Osborne, Thomas John
Randall, Harry
West, William Thomas
See details for all 10 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 10
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 10
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 10
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 10
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: depth C 3100MM, height C 4300MM, width C 3100MM
    Materials: Stone
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
WEST HADDON PARISH COUNCIL

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