Church Green Memorial. Credit: G. Ross, 2013
A gallery of the war memorials, including Church Green, St Nicholas Church, High Street Methodist Church, St John’s Church, Kinsbourne Green Methodist Church, South Harpenden shrine, St George’s School, with links to transcripts of names, Rolls of Honour (1914-15), National Roll of Honour (1914-18).
The first shrine we know of was erected at the bottom of Cravells Road, and dedicated on 19 July 1919 to the men of South Harpenden. Planning for the memorial on Church Green began in early 1919 but the cross was not dedicated until 20 October 1920. Memorial boards in sometimes include names omitted from the Church Green cross.
In the lead-up to Armistice Day 2018, Harpenden Town Council placed silhouettes of ‘tommies’ beside the High Street, at Batford and on Southdown Green.
Tommy at Batford corner. Credit: Alan Bunting November 2018
Harpenden High Street, October 2018. Credit: R. Ross
Tommy, on Southdown Green
The 100th anniversary of the Memorial Cross – 20 October 2020
Harpenden War Memorial floodlit on Remembrance day, 11 November 2020. Credit: Hugh Fraser
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A shrine erected in the garden in Cravells Road, behind Mr Timson's shop in Wheathampstead (now Southdown) Road. There was also a shrine in Heath Road. Both shrines have disappeared.
From postcard in LHS archives
Frederick Thurston's photo of Mr Timson outside his shop with a Roll of Honour of South Harpenden men, 1919
Dedication on the War Memorial on Church Green
G Ross, 2013
Plaque on Church Green War Memorial
G Ross, 2013
Plaque on Church Green memorial - second panel
G Ross, 2013
The Roll of Honour in St Nicholas church
G Ross, Nov 2018
Handwritten list in St Nicholas Church of names on the Church Green memorial - newly inscribed and framed in 1939
G Ross, 2013
Handwritten list in St Nicholas Church of names on the Church Green memorial - newly inscribed and framed in 1939
G Ross, 2013
Memorial plaque in St John's Church
David Nye
Memorial plaque to two Rothamsted scientists - re-hung in Rothamsted Conference Centre
Plaque to Christopher Blake - St Nicholas church
G Ross, 2013
St Nicholas church - plaque to Dennis Gurney Brown
G Ross, 2013
Memorial to Arthur Joseph Clay - St Nicholas church
G Ross, 2013
Memorial to Cecil Francis Longland - St Nicholas church
G Ross, 2013
Memorial to Gerald Owen Lydekker - St Nicholas church
G Ross, 2013
Cyril Richard Lydekker memorial - St Nicholas church
G Ross, 2013
Memorial to John Henry Stuart Simons - St Nicholas church
G Ross, 2013
Memorial to John Syers Walthew - St Nicholas church
G Ross, 2013
Memorial plaque in High Street Methodist church - 1914-18 and 1939-1945
G Ross, 2013
Memorial to the men of Kinsbourne Green, formerly in Kinsbourne Green Methodist Church
Scan from photo in LHS Archives
Lydekker Park - plaque commemorating Gerald and Cyril Lydekker, to whom the gardens are dedicated
J Marlow, 2016
St George's School chapel, central panel
R Ross, September 2018
St George's School chapel, 1914-1918 panels
R Ross, September 2018
Church Green memorial - 1939-1945
G Ross, 2013
St Nicholas church - memorial to the fallen of 1939-1945 war - first column
G Ross, 2013
St Nicholas church - memorial to the fallen of 1939-1945 war - second column
G Ross, 2013
St Nicholas church - memorial to the fallen of 1939-1945 war - third column
G Ross, 2013
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The 100th anniversary of the dedication of Harpenden War Memorial took place on 20 October 2020. Hugh Fraser has sent us a photograph of the memorial floodlit in red on 11 November 2020, which we have added to this page.
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