Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Wall
- District
- North Hertfordshire
- Town
- Baldock
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: February 1921
Attended by: Rev C. W. Allington, Rector - Unveiled
Date: February 1921
Attended by: Viscount Hampden, Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3779
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Current location
Side of Satchell's Estate Agents
Baldock High Street
Baldock
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG7 6AP
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 24487 33846
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Recreation Ground
Hitchin Street
Baldock
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG7 5AB
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 24094 33713
Denomination: Undefined - Originally sited on the Hitchen Street side of the building.
Town Hall
High Street
Baldock
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG7 6AR
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 24457 33882
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Recreation Ground
- Description
- Five bronze panels on wall. Wreath over top of panels. Gates nearby.
- Inscription
- OUR / GLORIOUS / DEAD / THESE MEN OF BALDOCK GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1919 / (Names) / 1939 AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1945 / MEMORIAL GATES AND MONUMENT WERE ADDED / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Astley, R
Barker, Fh
Beales, Hga
Beales, Hga
Bird, Mf
Bird, Walter J
Bonfield, Richard
Bowskill, Edward
Brammer, James
Bray, John H
See details for all 114 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 34
Served and returned: 0
Died: 34
Exact count: no
Information shown: Regiment, forename, initials, surname, rank
Order of information: Regiment - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 79
Served and returned: 0
Died: 79
Exact count: no
Information shown: Regiment, forename, initials, surname, rank
Order of information: Regiment
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Wall
Measurements: height 1530mm, width 1530mm
Materials: Stone - Gates
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Baldock
- WMO ID: 150051
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 04-12-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: Public subscription - Reference
- Baldock Citizen. 7 November 1919 p10
- branches.britishlegion.org.uk/branches/baldock/branch-information/history - accessed 12 October 2022
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Hertfordshire Express. 26 February 1921. p2
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