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Orphan work
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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Three Rivers
- Town
- Rickmansworth
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Non-Specific Conflict
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 6 November 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Rededicated
Date: 11 September 1983
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Dedicated
Date: 6 November 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 28352
Current location
Outside Chapel
Royal Masonic School for Girls
Chorleywood Road
Rickmansworth
Three Rivers
Hertfordshire
WD3 4HF
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 05703 95462
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Royal Masonic School for Boys
The Avenue
Bushey
Hertsmere
Hertfordshire
WD2 2LN
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 129 962
Denomination: Undefined
- Royal Masonic School for Boys
- Description
- Celtic cross on circular plinth.
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF OVER 100 OLD BOYS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 ERECTED BY THEIR SCHOOL FELLOWS. ALSO IN PROUD MEMORY OF ALL OTHER OLD MASONIANS WHO HAVE DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN PEACE AND WAR. THE CROSS ALSO RECORDS THE SACRIFICE OF THE LIVES OF 130 OLD MASONIANS IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939 TO 1945. (Exact line spacing unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, A L V
Adams, G G
Archibald, R
Austin, G E
Baldwin, N E
Banks, L W
Bates, H M
Billinger, H F
Blackburn, R V
Bones, A M
See details for all 109 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,occupation
Order of information: surname - 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 - Non-Specific Conflict
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
- Cross
Measurements: height 2100MM
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Cross
- 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
- Royal Masonic School for Boys Cross
- WMO ID: 263218
- Condition: Good [last updated on 29-04-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Memorial was cleaned and restored and the third inscription carved at the time it was moved. Stonemason: W Whitehead & Son, Melbourn Rd, Royston, Hertfordshire.
- Costs
Comments: Moving of memorial, restoration and carving third inscription cost £2086.70.
Memorial: £175- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
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