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    Memorial

    Essendon War Memorial

    Essendon War Memorial

    Source: Copyright Jeremy Bartlett

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    Current Location

    B158 High Road, junction with Church Street, High Road, Essendon, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 6AR, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 27418 08717

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    1123
    Description
    A limestone wheel-head cross on a tapering octagonal shaft mounted on a octagonal plinth with three step base.
    Inscription
    FOR GOD / KING AND COUNTRY / 1914 - 1918
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    27
    Died
    27
    Information shown
    Given Name, Surname
    Order of names
    Surname, Given Name
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    7
    Died
    7
    Information shown
    Given Name, Surname
    Order of names
    Surname, Given Name

    Components

    Memorial

    Made from: Stone - Limestone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1448624

    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

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    • Joe Burton

    • Piers Edgcumbe

    • John Frankland

    • Edgar Wilson

    • Geoffrey Pallett

    • Geoffrey Pryor

    • Roland Smith

    • William Allum

    • David F Barclay

    • Charles Blanchett

    • Edward Clark

    • Henry Cooledge

    • Frederick Cracknell

    • Harry Farmer