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    Memorial

    Old Knebworth

    Pillar

    Source: Copyright Juliet Webster

    1/16

    Current Location

    Outside Old Entrance of Knebworth Hosue, Park Lane, Knebworth, North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, SG3 6QD, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 23020 20427

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    © WMR-3813

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    Type of Memorial
    Pillar / Column
    WMR Reference Number
    3813
    Description
    Octagonal pillar on plinth on base with eroded statue at top. one side of statue shows Christ on Calvary, the other, the Madonna and Child
    Inscription
    (Plinth): IN HONOUR OF THE/BRAVE MEN FROM THIS/ PARISHWHO FOUGHT/IN THANKFULNESS TO GOD/IN REMEMBRANCE OF/THOSE WHO DIED IN/THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/(Names) (Base): IN REMEMBRANCE ALSO OF THOSE/WHO DIED 1939-1945/( Names)/THEY SHALL BE MINE SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS/IN THAT DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY JEWELS
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    45
    Died
    45
    Information shown
    surname,rank
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    11
    Died
    11
    Information shown
    surname
    Order of names
    surname
    Maker(s)
    • Gething and Co (Chilmark) Ltd, Mason

    Sponsor Type
    private
    Sponsored By
    Donation by Lord Lytton
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    2013: £163;4,800 paid by War Memorials Trust, Knebworth Village Trust and North Herts District Council to add 12 WW1 names.
    Maintenance History
    2013, JUne; 12 WW1 names added

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    15 August 1920

    Rt Hon Earl of Lytton

    Dedicated

    15 August 1920

    Rev GA Jackson of St Pauls, Hampstead

    Components

    Pillar

    Height: 3000MM

    Width: 200MM

    Depth: 200MM


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Height: 600MM

    Width: 600MM

    Depth: 600MM


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Wall

    Height: 300MM


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Base

    Height: 300MM

    Width: 1800MM

    Depth: 1800MM


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Figure

    Height: 900MM

    Width: 300MM

    Depth: 300MM


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Poor


    • Unidentified Newspaper/Magazine 19 June 2013 p.14 Welwyn Hatfield Times series
    • War Memorials Trust WM1842 http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=134
    • Hertfordshire Express 21 August 1920 p7-8. Photo