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    Memorial

    Hemel Hempstead

    Hemel Hempstead War Memorial

    Source: Copyright Jeremy Bartlett

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    Current Location

    Adjacent to St Johns Church, A4146, Station Road, Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, HP1 1JR, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 05225 06189

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    © WMR-2955

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    2955
    Description
    Stone cross mounted on a four-sided plinth in a lower bed. It has two panels on each side for WW1 and one panel on each side for WW2. The other wars have small panels, around the steps at the base.
    Inscription
    Face 1: VALOUR/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ 1939 Face 2: VICTORY/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ ADEN 1965/ (Name) Face 3: SACRIFICE/ 1914-1919/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ SOUTH ATLANTIC 1982/ (Names) Face 4: HONOUR/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ MALAYA 1951-1953/ (Names) Unknown face: AFGHANISTAN 2001~/ (Names)/ AFGHANISTAN 2001/ (Name)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    387
    Died
    387
    Information shown
    Surname, forename
    Order of names
    Alphabetically by surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    151
    Died
    151
    Information shown
    Surname
    Order of names
    Alphabetically by surname
    War
    Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
    Number Commemorated
    2
    Died
    2
    Information shown
    Surname
    War
    Aden Emergency (1963-1967)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Surname
    War
    Falklands Conflict (1982)
    Number Commemorated
    2
    Died
    2
    Information shown
    Surname
    War
    Afghanistan (2001-2014)
    Number Commemorated
    3
    Died
    3
    Information shown
    Surname, forename

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Hertfordshire/Boxmoor.html
    • http://www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/first-world-war-database/hemel-hempstead-soldiers-details/