Memorial

Northampton - WW1 and WW2

Northampton Town Memorial.

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Current Location

Town centre, Wood Hill, Northampton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 2DA, England

SP 75499 60467

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Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 2075
Description: Central Stone of Remembrance mounted on three-stepped base, flanked by two obelisks. Each obelisk is flanked by coloured stone flags. Whole is set in a memorial garden.
Inscription: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS/ ARE IN THE HANDS OF GOD/ TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE OF THIS TOWN AND COUNTY WHO SERVED AND DIED IN THE GREAT WAR Stone of Remembrance - THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS / ARE IN THE HANDS OF GOD

Unveiled

11th November 1926

General The Lord Horne GCB KCMG ADC

Dedicated

11th November 1926

Archdeacon of Leicester

Obelisk

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: I

List Entry: 1191327

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN: BRITISH FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS by BOORMAN, DEREK 122 - 123 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:SESSIONS 1988 YORK
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