
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Hertsmere
- Town
- Elstree
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11th November 1922
Attended by: Henry Allan, Worshipful Master of the Haberdashers Company - Dedicated
Date: 1st November 1922
Attended by: Rev. Prebend Prosser; Rev W H Braine; Rev E Corns Davies; Rev A A Green - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3760
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Current location
HABERDASHERS ASKES SCHOOL
Butterfly Lane
Elstree
Hertsmere
Hertfordshire
WD6 3AF
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 16842 96656
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- HABERDASHERS ASKES SCHOOL
Westbere Rd
Hampstead
Camden
Greater London
NW2
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 244 857
Denomination: Undefined
- HABERDASHERS ASKES SCHOOL
- Description
- Surmounted by the coat of arms and motto of the school (those of the worshipful company of haberdashers), a large wooden board with the main inscription on a rectangular, gold panel in a white frame above four gold panels of names in black lettering, framed in white and red. On either side is a green and gold column of fasces, each headed by a gold crown and flame. Below the names are two octagonal plaques for the years (again in gold), flanking the coat of arms of England. To the left and right of these octagonal plaques are two additional, gold name plaques, again with black lettering.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE BOYS OF/ THIS SCHOOL WHO OBEYED THE CALL OF/ FREEDOM AND HONOUR AND SERVED UNTO DEATH (NAMES)/ 1914 1918
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, J W
Artaud, G F D
Avery, W E
Awbery, C L
Baldwin, W E
Barder, S G
Barker, H F
Barrett, J H P
Baumgartner, A W
Benscher, G A
See details for all 107 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 107
Served and returned: 0
Died: 107
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Memorial
Measurements: depth 20CM, height 226CM, width 196CM
Materials: Unknown - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaques
- 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
- OLD HABERDASHERS
- WMO ID: 183170
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 04-09-2014]
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- Costs
Memorial: c£500
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- Yes
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: Old Boys War Memorial Fund - Responsibility
- HABERDASHERS ASKES SCHOOL
- Reference
- BRITISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAR MEMORIALS by KERNOT, C F 233 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:ROBERTS AND NEWTON 1927 LONDON
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