Memorial

Letchworth Cross

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Current Location

Station Place, Letchworth, North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, SG6 3AW, England

TL 21732 32717

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 1168
Description: Celtic cross with a laurel wreath at the top on two-stepped base
Inscription: MCM/ XXI/ THIS CROSS AND / THE CENTRAL WARDS / OF THE HOSPITAL / ARE ERECTED IN / GRATEFUL REMEM- / BRANCE OF THE MEN / OF THIS TOWN / WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN THE GREAT / WAR 1914-1918

Unveiled

11 December 1921

LORD LIEUTENANT OF HERTFORDSHIRE

Dedicated

11 December 1921

Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Cross

Height: c5000mm

Width: c800mm

Depth: c800mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Herts Express 17 Dec. 1921 p.2
Unveiling Programme/ Order of Service 11 December 1921 Unveiling by Viscount Hampden; dedication by Rev R D T Lowe, Chaplain British Legion, Letchworth Branch.