Memorial

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Tring War Memorial

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Current Location

Facing Church Square, St Peter and St Paul's Churchyard, Church Yard, Tring, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, HP23 5AE, England

OS Grid Reference

SP 92460 11448

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 14619
Description: Crucifix on a bottone cross set high on a corniced pedestal at the top of a tapered shaft decorated with vines and grapes carved at the corners, with the years of the Great War incised at the bottom of the North face. The shaft is set on an octagonal plinth, with scrolls carved between the four faces which carry the inscriptions - the North face carries the WW1 dedication, while the others carry the WW2 dedication and Names. Beneath the plinth is a rectangular step with a biblical text (Baruch 4.23) carved around its four faces, beginning on the South face. This step is set upon three octagonal steps on which the WW1 names are inscribed, beginning on the face to the left of the North face, and working round to the right, and then down, step by step. Beneath the last names, on the East face, is an inscription for the Afghanistan Conflict. The dedications and names are black-leaded.
Inscription: On the North face of the shaft: A.D / 1914-18 On the North face of the plinth: REMEMBER WITH THANKSGIVING / THE TRUE AND FAITHFUL MEN / WHO IN THESE YEARS OF WAR / WENT FORTH FROM THIS PLACE / FOR GOD AND THE RIGHT / THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO RETURNED NOT AGAIN ARE HERE INSCRIBED / TO BE HONOURED FOR EVERMORE / R.I.P. / On the West, South and East faces of the plinth: 1939 - 1945 / (Names) Around the square step beneath the plinth: : FOR I SENT YOU OUT / WITH MOURNING AND WEEPING / BUT GOD WILL GIVE YOU TO ME AGAIN / WITH JOY AND GLADNESS FOR EVER Around the faces of the three octagonal steps: (WW1 Names) Seven Addendum names added below the three North-facing bottom steps At the bottom of the bottom East step: Afghanistan 2001 - 2014/ (Name)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 114
Died: 114
Information shown: Forenames, surname, awards
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 34
Died: 34
Information shown: Forenames, surname.
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname

War: Afghanistan (2001-2014)

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