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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Dacorum
- Town
- Hemel Hempstead
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Afghanistan (2001-2014), Aden Emergency (1963-1967), Falklands Conflict (1982), Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26 Jun 1921
Attended by: LT COL SMEETHMAN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2955
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Current location
Adjacent to St Johns Church
A4146
Station Road
Hemel Hempstead
Dacorum
Hertfordshire
HP1 1JR
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 05225 06189
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone cross mounted on a four-sided plinth in a lower bed. It has two panels on each side for WW1 and one panel on each side for WW2. The other wars have small panels, around the steps at the base.
- Inscription
- Face 1: VALOUR/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ 1939 Face 2: VICTORY/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ ADEN 1965/ (Name) Face 3: SACRIFICE/ 1914-1919/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ SOUTH ATLANTIC 1982/ (Names) Face 4: HONOUR/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ MALAYA 1951-1953/ (Names) Unknown face: AFGHANISTAN 2001~/ (Names)/ AFGHANISTAN 2001/ (Name)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alderman, Thomas
Allen, Thomas
Allum, Frank
Ambrose, George
Ambrose, Joseph
Ambrose, Reginald
Ambrose, William
Ansell, William
Arnott, Charles
Arnott, E
See details for all 393 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 387
Served and returned: 0
Died: 387
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 151
Served and returned: 0
Died: 151
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - Afghanistan (2001-2014)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined - Aden Emergency (1963-1967)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Undefined - Falklands Conflict (1982)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Undefined - Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Hemel Hempstead 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
- HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
- WMO ID: 119663
- Condition: Good [last updated on 24-04-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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