Memorial

Digswell House Australian Hospital Memorial

Source: Copyright R Gill and Herts at War Project

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Current Location

Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist, Monks Rise, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL8 7NX, England

OS Grid Reference

TL 23805 14857

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 41642
Description: 1. Tablet of names 2. Tablet with frieze of St George 3. Banner given by General Birdwood AIF insignia at top of both tablets
Inscription: <Emblem of AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES> Hereon are written the names of / the Officers of the / AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE / to whose Memory the Tablet is erected in this Church / (NAMES) / The Tablet, which is made of marble brought from Australia by / Major General SIR.H.B. WALKER. K.C.B., K.C.M.G / who commanded the 1st Australian Division, and was dedicated by the / Rev. SHEPLEY.S.SMITH, Rector, on October 9th 1921 / (illegible signature) Above figure of St. George: <Emblem of AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES> Below figure of St. George: TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN MEMORY OF 23 OFFICERS / OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE WHO HAVING BEEN / RESIDENT IN AUXILIARY HOSPITALS IN THIS PARISH / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDDOM & JUSTICE / 1914 - 1919 THIS FLAG WAS USED BY / GEN. SIR W. BIRDWOOD / IN THE WAR 1914 - 1918 AND / WAS PRESENTED BY HIM TO / DIGSWELL PARISH CHURCH

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 72
Died: 72
Information shown: rank, initials, surname, decorations, regiment
Order of names: rank, surname,

Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, initials, surname, decorations, regiment

History

Maintenance History: PLANS TO REDEDICATE AND REHANG THE FLAG IN 2002 BY HERTFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY

Ceremonies

Unveiled

Before 20th October 1921

Maj Gen Sir H A Walker

Dedicated

Before October 1921

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Digswell House Australian Hospital Memorial

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Digswell House Australian Hospital Memorial

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

Denomination

Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

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