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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Luton
- Town
- Luton
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Sir William Hamo Thornycroft RA (Architect)
Sir Reginald Blomfield RA (Architect) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 10 December 1922
Attended by: Lady Ludlow - Dedicated
Date: 10 December 1922
Attended by: Rev C Molian Williams, Vicar of Luton - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 7563
Current location
Town square edged by Manchester Street
St George Street
and Upper George Street
Luton Town Hall
Manchester Street
Luton
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU1 2BQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 09024 21316
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Robed, winged female figure apparently representing Peace, right arm raised holding a palm frond, standing on a cenotaph with four-stepped base. WW1 names inscribed on cenotaph and WW2 names on plaques mounted on base steps.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: (Names)/ 1922/ ERECTED/ BY/ PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ (Names) 9 o'clock face: (Names)/ GREATER LOVE HATH/ NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS./ (Names) 12 o'clock face: (Names)/ BOROUGH OF LUTON/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF LUTON/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ THE TABLETS ON THE LOWER PLINTH COMMEMORATE/ THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LUTON WHO FELL IN THE / SECOND WORLD WAR/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ (Names) 3 o'clock face: (Names)/ THEY GAVE THE MOST THAT MAN/ CAN GIVE LIFE ITSELF FOR GOD/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY FOR/ LOVED ONES HOME AND EMPIRE/ FOR THE SACRED CAUSE OF/ JUSTICE AND FREEDOM/ OF THE WORLD
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, E
Abbott, H
Abbott, H
Abbott, H
Abbott, R
Abrahams, H H
Abrahams, H W
Abrahams, W E
Abrahams, W R
Adcock, G
See details for all 943 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1285
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1285
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, decorations
Order of information: Alphabetically - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 672
Served and returned: 0
Died: 672
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, decorations
Order of information: Alphabetically
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cenotaph
Measurements: height 16500 mm
Materials: Stone - Portland - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Cenotaph
- Listing information
- 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
- Luton
- WMO ID: 196272
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-07-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Memorial: £4,100
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Luton Borough Council
- Reference
- Luton News and Bedfordshire Advertiser, 14 December 1922
- historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1114644
- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/196272
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