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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Dacorum
- Town
- Wigginton
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2779
Current location
It's at a cross roads
with St Bartholomew's churchyard immediately behind it
Roadside Garden
Hemp Lane
Wigginton
Dacorum
Hertfordshire
HP23 6HE
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 94018 10282
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Limestone Celtic cross on a tapering shaft, plinth and base, flanked by columns and approached by steps.
- Inscription
- (Plaque 1): TO THE ABIDING HONOUR/OF THE/MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR FREEDOM AND RIGHT/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ THEIR REWARD IS WITH THE LORD/ AND THE CARE OF THEM IS WITH/ THE MOST HIGH/ (Names) (Plaque 2): TO THE HONOUR OF/ (Names)/ WHO SERVED IN/ THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918 (Plaque 3): TO THE HONOUR OF/ (Names)/ WHO SERVED IN/ THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/ ALSO/ (Names) (Plaque 4): 1939-1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, Albert
Baker, Alex
Baker, Arthur
Baker, George
Baker, Harold
Baker, Raymond
Baker, Walter
Baldwin, Alex
Baldwin, Arnold
Baldwin, Arthur
See details for all 113 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 115
Served and returned: 90
Died: 25
Exact count: no
Information shown: Forename, surname, rank, regiment
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, rank, regiment
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Cross
- Listing information
- Wigginton War Memorial
- 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
- Wigginton
- WMO ID: 204896
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 19-09-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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