Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Town
- Welwyn Garden City
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 27495
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Current location
Junction of Hollybush Lane & Homestead Lane
Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL7 4NX
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 24555 11341
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Octagonal cross raised on two steps and a plinth. Letters are lead. The memorial is located on an island in the middle of the road within a small garden
- Inscription
- [SIDE 1] TO THE / GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THOSE / MEN WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES / THE INHABITANTS / OF / HATFIELD HYDE / AND / MILL GREEN / HAVE / RAISED THIS CROSS. [SIDE 5] 1914-1919 / PAX INVICTIS [ON PLINTH SIDE 3] SECOND / WORLD WAR / 1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, Albert
Bray, William
Butterworth, Albert
Cooper, Frederick
Cooper, George
Cooper, William
Griffin, Thomas
Groom, David
Hipgrave, John
Hooker, Frederick
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 111
Served and returned: 0
Died: 111
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: depth c 2150mm, height c 3500mm, width c 2150mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone
- Memorial
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Welwyn Hatfield District Council
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