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    Memorial

    Wigginton

    The memorial

    Source: Copyright David Long

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    Current Location

    By St Bartholomew's Church, Roadside Garden, Hemp Lane/ The Twist, Wigginton, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, HP23 6DZ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 94013 10287

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    2779
    Description
    Plain, limestone Celtic cross on a tapering shaft, on a tapering plinth which carries a cast bronze plaque bearing the names of the fallen of WW1, mounted on a four-step base, alternately octagonal- and square-sectioned, with a cast brass plaque bearing the names of the fallen of WW2 attached to the front of the upper step. The memorial is flanked by sandstone columns, which carry cast bronze plaques bearing the names of those who served in WW1, which are at the ends of a raised sandstone and flint parapet with central curved steps, enclosing a flint covered surround for the memorial.
    Inscription
    (Plaque 1): TO THE ABIDING HONOUR/OF THE/MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR FREEDOM AND RIGHT/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ THEIR REWARD IS WITH THE LORD/ AND THE CARE OF THEM IS WITH/ THE MOST HIGH/ (Names) (Plaque 2): TO THE HONOUR OF/ (Names)/ WHO SERVED IN/ THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918 (Plaque 3): TO THE HONOUR OF/ (Names)/ WHO SERVED IN/ THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/ (Names) (Plaque 4): 1939-1945/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    115
    Served
    90
    Died
    25
    Information shown
    Forename, surname - plus rank for Officers and NCOs, unit
    Order of names
    Alphabetically by surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    11
    Died
    11
    Information shown
    Rank, initials, surname, unit
    Order of names
    Alphabetically by surname

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Plaque

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Raymond Baker

    • Arthur Baker

    • George Baker

    • Alex Baker

    • Harold Baker

    • Lewis Baldwin

    • H Baldwin

    • Arthur Baldwin

    • Alex Baldwin

    • Arnold Baldwin

    • Joseph Barlow

    • Herbert Batchelor

    • Henry Batson

    • Albert Bignall

    • Joseph Birch

  • http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Hertfordshire/Wigginton.html