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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- North Hertfordshire
- Town
- Pirton
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1920
Attended by: Unknown
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3829
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Current location
in the churchyard
St. Mary's Church
Crab Tree Lane
Pirton
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG5 3QE
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 14696 31659
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rough hewn obelisk on square plinth and two stepped base. Inscription and 3 name panels on the base.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO DIED TO WIN/ VICTORY FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ AND LIBERTY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS" (Names)/ 1916/ (Names)/ 1917/ (Names)/ R.I.P. / IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ DURING THE/ WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ 1942/ (Name)/ 1944 (Names)/ 1917/ (Names)/ 1918/ (Names)/ 1919/ (Names)/ R.I.P.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbiss, Albert
Abbiss, Frank
Anderson, Fred
Baines, Frederick
Baines, Sidney
Baines, William
Burton, E Charles
Burton, Fred
Cannon, Frank
Chamberlain, Henry
See details for all 36 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 30
Served and returned: 0
Died: 30
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Year died, forename, surname, rank, regiment
Order of information: Year died - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Year died, forename, surname, rank, regiment
Order of information: Year died
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Obelisk
Measurements: depth 700MM, height 2600MM, width 700MM
Materials: Granite
- Plaques
- Listing information
- Pirton War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Pirton
- WMO ID: 197324
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 07-09-2017]
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- Costs
Comments: Subscriptions collected while WW1 was still in progress
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Pirton Parish Council
- Reference
- Other website www.pirton.org.uk/ww1/
- Pirton - A Village in Anguish by Jarrett, Derek 21, 57 Published:Pirton Local History Group 2009
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