Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- North Hertfordshire
- Town
- Hitchin
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 21st July 1922
Attended by: Rev Dr R ST John Parry
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3803
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Current location
Boys School Library
Grammar School Walk
Hitchin
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG5 1JB
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 18419 29522
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Three stained glass windows. The large central window depicts winged victory bearing a symbolic torch and laurel wreath. At her feet is a kneeling soldier planting a wooden cross. In the centre of the lower part of the window there is a medallion of a seated mother reading to her child. Both side windows show a classical stone tablet surmounted by the school crest with draped grieving women on both sides. At the bottom of each is a swagged shield with the dates 1914-1918.
- Inscription
- Centre Window: THOSE WHOSE/ NAMES ARE RECORDED/ HERE WERE SONS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO DIED FOR ENGLAND./ AT THE CALL OF KING /& COUNTRY THEY/ LEFT ALL THAT WAS/ DEAR TO THEM,/ ENDURED HARDNESS,/ FACED DANGER &/ FINALLY PASSED OUT/ OF THE SIGHT OF MEN/ BY THE PATH OF DUTY/ AND SELF SACRIFICE,/ GIVING UP THEIR OWN/ LIVES THAT OTHERS/ MIGHT LIVE IN FREE/ DOM AND INHERIT/ PEACE. Side Windows: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bailey, E H P
Barker, M T
Bowman, H
Bowman, H J
Brown, N A
Carryer, C I
Cornwell, J G
Darrington, W A
Edwards, W W
Ellis, T W
See details for all 32 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 0
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- Window
- 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 - Reference
- www.teachinherts.com/find-a-job/school,hitchin-boys-school_509.htm
- Beds Express - 29 July 1922, page 7
- The Mattocke Boys - Story of the School
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