Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Hertfordshire
- Town
- Hitchin
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3802
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Current location
Located on the west wall
Tilehouse Street Baptist Church
Upper Tilehouse St
Hitchin
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG5 2EE
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 18049 28993
Denomination: Baptist
- Description
- Bronze plaque on a wooden backboard.
- Inscription
- IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945 EIGHTY-TWO MEN AND WOMEN / FROM THIS PLACE SERVED WITH THE FORCES. / EIGHT GAVE THEIR LIVES / (names) / TO THEIR DEATHLESS MEMORY AND IN THANKFULNESS FOR / THE RETURN OF THE OTHERS THE CHURCH WAS ERECTED / A "TILEHOUSE STREET" MEMORIAL WING / OF THE REBUILT HOSPITAL IN SIANFU, THE ANCIENT CAPITAL/ OF CAPITAL.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cooling, Raymond
Day, George William
Mincher, Leon
Odell, Harold John
Russel, John
Stevens, Robert
Tomkins, Roy
Trinder, Thomas
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 610 mm, width 1220 mm
Materials: Bronze - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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
- Costs
Site: £0
Memorial: £2,780- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Tilehouse Street Baptist Church
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