Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Watford
- Town
- Watford
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 12th June 1920
Attended by: Rt Hon C W Bowerman M.P. (President of the National Printing & Kindred Trades Federation), Councillor F J B Hemming
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 62199
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Current location
Watford Museum
194 High Street
Watford
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD17 2FF
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 11402 96029
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Watford Public Library
Watford
Watford
Hertfordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Watford Public Library
- Description
- Oak board with broken pediment and laurel wreath at top.
- Inscription
- 1914 WATFORD PRINTERS 1919/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ KILLED/(Names)/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ (Names)/ MILITARY MEDAL/ SERBIAN GOLD MEDAL/ CROIX DE GUERRE/ MERITORIOUS SERVICE (sic)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 263
Served and returned: 222
Died: 41
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname and initials of forename
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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 - Responsibility
- Received at unveiling by Cllr F J B Hemming, FCIS, chairman of Watford Public Library Committee on behalf of the town.
- Reference
- "Welcome Home to Watford Printers from the Great War" (unveiling programme/order of service ) - Watford Library may have an original
- Watford Observer, 21st July 2014: www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/11345125.watford-printers-and-their-part-in-the-great-war/
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