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    Memorial

    Potters Bar, Little Heath And Bentley Heath

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    Current Location

    Memorial garden, High Street, Potters Bar, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, EN6 5AX, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 26152 01200

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    917
    Description
    Gilted cross on hexagonal column, on 3 raised steps. The base has four flying buttresses.
    Inscription
    TO THE GLORY OF GOD/& IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/OF POTTERS BAR, LITTLE/HEATH & BENTLEY HEATH/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/BY THEIR SACRIFICE WE LIVE/ ALSO/TO THE MEMORY OF/THE MEN WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN WORLD WAR II/ 1939-1945.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    72
    Died
    72
    Information shown
    Surname, initials of forenames, decorations
    Order of names
    Broadly by surname, and conflict (WW1 names at upper part of each panel, WW2 names below)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    55
    Died
    55
    Information shown
    Surname, initials of forenames
    Order of names
    Broadly by surname, and conflict (WW1 names at upper part of each panel, WW2 names below)
    Maker(s)
    • C F A Voysey, Architect

    Sponsor Type
    public
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    Original site donated by A B Sanderson, chairman of the memorial committee, who lost a son in WW1. Voysey designed wallpaper for Sanderson.
    Maintenance History
    Memorial cleaned for 50th anniversary of D Day, 1994

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    December 1920

    Rear Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey GCVO KCMG CB

    Previous Location(s)

    Hatfield Road/The Causeway, Potters Bar, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, EN6 1HP, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 26268 01634

    Year of move

    1972-3

    Reason for move

    To make it easier to hold remembrance services, and proposal for a roundabout which was never built.

    Components

    Memorial

    Made from: Gilt


    Condition: Good


    Column

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    • Barnet Press 8, 22 November, 6 December 1919 and 25 December 1920