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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Panelling
- District
- North Hertfordshire
- Town
- Hitchin
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3799
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Current location
Located on south wall
St Saviours Church
Radcliffe Rd
Hitchin
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG5 1QH
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 19070 29640
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wooden panelling with inscribed names. First letter of each name in red, remainder in black. Middle panel with embroidery at head containing five lines of crosses bearing inscription.
- Inscription
- First panel: 1939-1945 / (names) Second panel: 1914-1918 / (names) Third panel: I AM SORRY FOR THE SOLDIER (names) Fourth panel: 1914 RECORDARE JESU PIE 1918 Fifth panel: 1939 REQUIESCANT IN PACE 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alexander, Francis
Appleby, Arthur Henry
Bass, John
Bavington, Horace Leonard
Beeton, John William
Bowman, Harold
Bowman, Hugh James
Budgell, Stanley James
Burgess, Fred
Butts, William
See details for all 80 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 54
Served and returned: 0
Died: 54
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: No order - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: No order
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Panelling
Measurements: height 4340 mm, width 1120 mm
Materials: Wood
- Panelling
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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