Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Mid Bedfordshire
Town
Ampthill
County
Bedfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
Sugars and Facer, Church St, Ampthill (Makers)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
75550

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Current location

Hanging in the Gallery
St Andrews Church
Rectory Lane
Ampthill
Mid Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
MK45 2EL
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 03692 38268
Denomination: Church of England

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Previous locations
  • Messrs. Swaffield & Sons (Auctioneers)
    Ampthill Town Square (Formerly Market Place)
    Ampthill
    Mid Bedfordshire
    Bedfordshire
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Two wooden Roll of Honour boards.
Inscription
(Both Panels) FOR KING AND COUNTRY. / AMPTHILL / ROLL OF HONOUR / (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Aldridge, A W
Allgood, S
Ambler, J E N
Ambler, R
Anderson, W
Annis, G
Ansell, A
Ansell, H
Ansell, Harry
Ansell, W
See details for all 317 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 317
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Details: Council minute which shows that "in October 1915 the Ampthill Urban and District Council received and seconded a proposal to provide a Roll of Honour bearing the names of those men belonging to the town of a Ampthill who were serving with His Majesty's forces." This was displayed publicly in the town square, naming 319 men. In the 1970's the boards were removed and re-fixed in the gallery of St Andrew's Church Ampthill where they still hang.
Reference
  • Ampthill Council Minutes, October 1915. Received and seconded a proposal to provide a Roll of Honour bearing the names of those men belonging to the town of a Ampthill who were serving with His Majesty's forces.

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