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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Northampton
- Town
- Northampton
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 11th November 1926
Attended by: Archdeacon of Leicester - Unveiled
Date: 11th November 1926
Attended by: General The Lord Horne GCB KCMG ADC - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2075
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Current location
Town centre
Wood Hill
Northampton
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN1 2DA
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 75499 60467
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Central Stone of Remembrance mounted on three-stepped base, flanked by two obelisks. Each obelisk is flanked by coloured stone flags. Whole is set in a memorial garden.
- Inscription
- THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS/ ARE IN THE HANDS OF GOD/ TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE OF THIS TOWN AND COUNTY WHO SERVED AND DIED IN THE GREAT WAR Stone of Remembrance - THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS / ARE IN THE HANDS OF GOD
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- The Town and County War Memorial
- Grade I
- 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
- Northampton Cenotaph
- WMO ID: 120484
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 28-02-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN: BRITISH FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS by BOORMAN, DEREK 122 - 123 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:SESSIONS 1988 YORK
- Carter Postcard Collection
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