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    Memorial

    Offley

    Overview of the memorial

    Source: Copyright Emma Payne

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    Current Location

    Crossroad with Salusbury Lane, Kings Walden Road, Offley, North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, SG5 3DU, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 14523 26767

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    © WMR-3825

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    3825
    Description
    Crucifix on three base octagons. Figure stated to have been based on a carving in Worcester Cathedral.
    Inscription
    (6 o'clock)IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF OFFLEY/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ SUCH A DEATH/IS IMMORTALITY (7.30 o'clock) 1915 (names) 1916 (names) 1917 (names) (4.30 o'clock) 1917 (names0 1918 (names) 1919 (name) (upper octagon) 1914/19 (middle octagon) 1939-1946 (6 o'clock) AND IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1946 (7.30 o'clock) (names) (4.30 o'clock) (names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    18
    Died
    18
    Information shown
    Surname, year died, forename
    Order of names
    By year of death
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    14
    Died
    14
    Information shown
    Surname, forename
    Maker(s)
    • Farmer and Brindley, Designer

    • Farmer and Brindley, Sculptor

    Costs
    £215
    Maintenance History
    2012: Now surrounded by a hedge instead of the former wooden fence. c1923: oak rails erected to protect memorial from cattle.

    Ceremonies

    Dedicated

    7th March 1920

    Rev E P Gatty

    Unveiled

    7th March1920

    Viscount Hampden, Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire

    Custodian
    Offley Parish Council

    Components

    Crucifix

    Height: 4000mm

    Width: 2500mm

    Depth: 2500mm


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    118850

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    Help update these details if the condition is wrongWar Memorials Register Logo
    • Hertfordshire Express, 13 March 1920, page 8
    • Hertfordshire Express, 20 March 1920, page 8
    • 'Hertfordshire Countryside' undated, p 34-36
    • http://www.hertsatwar.co.uk/media/1763/the-village-war-memorial-offley-by-david-c-baines-complete.pdf (accessed 16 April 2026)