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    Memorial

    Digswell House Australian Hospital 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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    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
    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
    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

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Components

    Plaque

    Height: 600MM

    Width: 300MM


    Made from: Marble


    Condition: Good


    Tablet

    Made from: Marble


    Condition: Good


    Flag

    Made from: Fabric


    Condition: Good


    • Illustrated Police News - Thursday 20 October 1921 A tablet of Australian marble—the first instance, it is said, in which this stone has been used in an English church — has been put up in Digswell Church, Hertfordshire, in memory of seventy-three Australian officers who passed through the 4th and 5th Auxiliary Hospital at Digswell and afterwards died on service.