War Memorials of Radwell in Hertfordshire

Radwell is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated close to the A1 a little to the north of Baldock and Letchworth Garden City and is in the district of North Hertfordshire. [1]

"The parish of Radwell lies in the extreme northwest of the county on the borders of Bedfordshire. It is very small, containing only about 743 acres, of which the greater part is arable land and about one ninth permanent grass. There are only 3½ acres of woodland. The village lies in the south-west of the parish between the road to Biggleswade and the River Ivel, and along a lane which runs westward from the main road to the river." . . . "On the north side of this lane are the church and rectory; a little to the west are the corn mill and mill pond, probably occupying the site of the mill mentioned in the Domesday Survey. Radwell House, the manor-house, and Bury Farm are on the south side of the lane. These buildings form the greater part of the village, which has always been very small, the population in 1428 being only seven inhabitants. In 1656 the people of Radwell petitioned that they might be assisted in the repairing of the Great North Road, which was then in great decay, as the soil was so poor that the winter devoured whatever they were able to lay on in the summer, and the parish was so small that it had only two teams." [2]

All Saints Church, Radwell, Hertfordshire

"The church of All Saints consists of a chancel 20 ft. by 13 ft. 6 in., north vestry 14 ft. by 7 ft., nave 35 ft. by 16 ft. 6 in., and south porch 8 ft. 6 in. by 8 ft. The walls are of flint rubble covered with cement, the roofs are tiled. The chancel arch is the only structural feature in the church which shows detail of an earlier date than the 15th century, and it is mid-14th-century work; the walling may belong to that or an earlier period, but all early detail has been lost in the repairs of the 15th century. The vestry and south porch were added in 1882, when the whole building was re-roofed and thoroughly repaired." [3]

Special Grave Memorial to
Private E. G. Stockham RAVC

Stockham, Elias George
Rank: Private
Service No: 22864
Date of Death: 19/03/1919
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Grave Reference:
Cemetery: Radwell (All Saints) Churchyard
Type of memorial: Special grave memorial with granite cross and kerb

Wording of Special Grave Memorial to
Private E. G. Stockham RAVC

In Memory of

Jack E. G. Stockham,

Who died 19th March 1919.

and

Julie Stockham

Who died 15th Feb. 1929.

Peace Perfect Peace

Radwell Roll of Honour

In memory of the men

of this Parish

Who sacrificed their lives in

The service of their country

1914-1918.

Sergt. Joseph Spicer,	Royal Field Artillery
Pte. Albert Carter,	Bedfordshire Regt.
Pte. Frank Gentle,	Bedfordshire Regt.
Pte. Wilfred Kitchener,	Hertfordshire Regt. (T.F.)
Pte. Eric Pratt,	Lincolnshire Regt.
Pte. Arthur Smith,	Manchester Regt.
Pte. Frank Underhill,	Hertfordshire Regt. (T.F.)

[1] Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radwell,_Hertfordshire)
[2] 'Parishes: Radwell.' A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 3. Ed. William Page. London: Victoria County History, 1912. 244-247. British History Online. Web. 19 December 2015. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol3/pp244-247. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol3/pp244-247)
[3] 'Parishes: Radwell.' A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 3. Ed. William Page. London: Victoria County History, 1912. 244-247. British History Online. Web. 19 December 2015. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol3/pp244-247. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol3/pp244-247)

Clothall War Memorial

Clothall is a village in the civil parish of Clothall and Luffenhall in Hertfordshire, England with a population of 358. It is situated 2.25 miles (3.62 km) south-east of Baldock, and is in the district of North Hertfordshire. The village contains the Church of St Mary the Virgin, which was built of flint and stone around 1350–70, though parts of the church are older, dating to the 12th century. The author Thomas Stanley was born in Clothall in 1625 and is buried in the church. [1]

St Mary the Virgin, Clothall, Hertfordshire

St Mary the Virgin, Clothall, Hertfordshire

In loving memory of the men

Of this parish who made the

Supreme sacrifice in the service

Of their Country during the

Great War 1914-1919.

Died.

Maurice Barnes.	Pte.	The	Bedfordshire	Regt.	1917.
Albert Presland.	"	"	"	"	1915.
Harry Hollingsworth.	"	"	East Surrey	"	1916.
William Lacey.	"	"	Gloucestershire	"	1918.

And in thanksgiving to God

For sailors and soldiers

Brought home in safety

This tablet is erected by their

Fellow parishioners and friends

[1] Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothall)

Digswell and Harmer Green War Memorial

Digswell is an ancient village in the English county of Hertfordshire which is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book. The present Digswell residential area centred on Welwyn North station has a population of about 1600, with a shop or two, and a pub called the Cowper Arms. Notable past residents here include Kenneth Allsop, Alan Brazil, Graham Richard James, the police reformer Sir Arthur Young, H.G. Wells and American actor Barry Chapman. [1]

Harmer Green And Digswell Memorial

The memorial comprises a tall plain celtic cross on a square plinth with an incised inscription and two stepped base.

The memorial is located on Harmer Village Green, Harmer Green La, Harmer Green, Welwyn Hatfield.

Wheel of the Cross

The dates of WW1 are shown in relief in the wheel of the cross.

To the

Glorious memory

Of the men

Who gave their

Lives in

The Great War

1914 – 1919

Victor Cadwell	Bedfordshire Regiment
Lieutenant C.H.Dixon	Royal Field Artillery
L.Corp.W. W. Edwards	East Kent Regiment
CSM E.T.Ephgrave	Bedfordshire Regiment
Albert F. Knapp	Royal W Kent Regiment
James Mardell	Bedfordshire Regiment
Capt. Herbert F. Miles	K.O.Scottish Borderer
Sub-Lieut.Owen Philip Powell RN	H.M.S.Verulam
Capt. David Russell	London Regiment (P.O.Rifles)
Lieut. Lawrence Russell	West Riding Regiment
Sergt. Edward Shadbolt	Bedfordshire Regiment
L.Corp.Frank Underhill	Hertfordshire Regiment
Capt. J. H.L.Yorke M.C.	Pembroke I.Y.Attd Welch Regiment

1939 – 1945

C.P.O John Walker Royal Navy

[1] Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digswell)

War Memorials of Walkern in Hertfordshire

Walkern ('Walchra' in Domesday) is a village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire. It is located on the River Beane about two miles from Stevenage, and is noted as the home of Jane Wenham, who was in 1712 the last woman in England to be convicted of witchcraft and condemned to death.

The River Beane, a chalk stream, crosses the village street of Church End in a ford, which is overlooked by the medieval Bridgefoot Farm and thatched Wych Elm cottage. The parish church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest village church in Hertfordshire, with a Saxon wall and rare chalk rood (crucifix) dating back to the middle 10th century. St Mary's also has a fine Purbeck marble effigy which is possibly that of William de Lanvalei, baron of Walkern in the early 13th century and one of the 25 sureties named in the Magna Carta elected to ensure that King John adhered to the 'Law of the Land' set down in the charter in 1215. [1]

St Mary the Virgin, Walkern, Hertfordshire

The churchyard is the site of three graves for men of the British forces who died during the two world wars.

J Parker Notts and Derby Regiment

Parker, J

Rank: Private

Service No: 102281

Date of Death: 09/05/1918

Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd/6th Bn.

Grave Reference:

Cemetery: WALKERN (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD [2]

In Loving Memory of

Alfred Savage who passed away Feby. 25th 1919

Aged 33 years
At Rest

Savage, Alfred

Rank: Private

Service No: M/349525

Date of Death: 25/02/1919

Age: 33

Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps M.T.

Grave Reference: C. 6.

Cemetery: WALKERN (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

Additional Information: Born Cottered. Son of Charles and Maria Savage; husband of Rose Savage, of Stoke Doyle, Walkern,. [3]

T W Hatley Essex Regiment

Hatley, T W

Rank: Serjeant

Service No: 546353

Date of Death: 30/11/1941

Age: 32

Regiment/Service: Essex Regiment 7th Bn.

Grave Reference: N.E. of Church on North Boundary.

Cemetery: WALKERN (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

Additional Information:Son of Thomas and May Hatley, of Stebbing, Essex; husband of Margaret Hatley, of Stebbing. [4]

South of the village of Walkern the main Walkern War Memorial is located at the junction of High Street, Bennington Road and the road that leads uphill to Walkern Hall.

The monument comprises a simple Latin cross in Forest of Dean stone, with a bronze wreath and sword at the top, on a square plinth and three stepped base. The Memorial was unveiled and dedicated on 3 July 1921. [5]

To the Glory of God

and

in loving memory of

the men of this Parish

who gave their lives for

God and Country

Honour and deepest Gratitude

to all who fought in the

Great War

1914 - 1918

Sgt	Gilbert Albone,	6th. Beds Rgt.
Pte	Cuthbert Albone,	1st. Herts Rgt.
Pte	John Belchamber,	4th. R Sussex Rgt.
Pte	George Clements,	9th. Essex Rgt.
Pte	Arthur Clements,	4th. West. Riding Rgt.
Pte	Ernest. Carter,	Beds Rgt.
Pte	Arthur Carter,	4th. Beds Rgt.
Pte	Reginald Carter,	1st. Herts Rgt.
Pte	Cecil Cordell,	1st. Herts Rgt.
Pte	Henry Edwards,	1st. Herts Rgt.

Gnr	Peter Fitzjohn,	T.M.B. R.F.A.
Lg Smn	Percy Goodchild,	H.M.S. Defence
Ord Smn	George Groom,	H.M.S. Fmdle
Pte	George Green,	1st. Essex Rgt.
Rflmn	Randolph Green,	8th. City of Ldn Rgt.
Rflmn	Reginald Green,	2nd. K.R.R. Corps.
Pte	John Hale,	Royal Fusiliers
Pte	Bert Hart,	20th. Hussars
Pte	Stanley Knight,	2nd. Royal Berks.
Signaller	Arthur Mackie,	1st. Beds Rgt.

Gnr	Fred Mace,	Tank Corps.
Pte	Henry Osborne,	10th. East. Kent Rgt.
Pte	James Osborne	1st. East. Kent Rgt.
Pte	Jesse Parker,	Notts & Derby.
Pte	Walter Savage,	3rd. Royal Sussex Rgt.
Pte	Charles Spicer,	1st. Herts Rgt.
Pte	Alfred Savage,	M.T.A.S. Corps.
L.Cpl	Wilfred Smith,	Queen’s R.W. Surreys
2nd Lieut	Donald S Wright,	8th. Beds Rgt.
Pte	Harold Warner,	M.T.A.S. Corps.

And in the Second World War
1939 - 1945
Pte.	Stanley Sheppard	RA
Chf PO	Eric Canning	HMS Porcupine
L.Cpl	Eric Barwick	Herts & Beds
Pte	Fred Clements	5th. Suffolks
Actg PO	Fred R Milton	RN

[1] Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkern)
[2] CWGC Record (http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/364763/PARKER,%20J)
[3] CWGC Record (http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/364764/SAVAGE,%20ALFRED)
[4] CWGC Record (http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2933136/HATLEY,%20T%20W)
[5] Walkern History Society (http://www.walkernhistorysociety.co.uk/index.php/community-2/walkern-at-war/fallen-heroes/walkern-war-memorial/)

Other War Memorials of Ashwell in Hertfordshire

Ashwell’s war memorial stands east of the main village, at the junction of Station Road with Lucas Lane, at the corner of the Ashwell recreation ground. It comprises a Lutyens War Cross in Portland stone which is set on a square podium which itself stands on two circular steps rather than the usual three. The memorial, the ground to the front retained by a retaining kerb, is approached by a flight of six steps, contemporary with, and integral to, the memorial.

Ashwell's WW1 memorial 1921, by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

Ashwell’s war memorial committee was set up in 1919 under the chairmanship of Wolverley Attwood Fordham, a local brewer, with his wife Phyllis as secretary. It invited proposals from Sir Reginald Blomfield (who submitted a design for a cross), Sir Edwin Lutyens (a cross, obelisk or Stone of Remembrance) and Tappers, a local builder (a cenotaph). The Lutyens cross was preferred and was endorsed following a public meeting in January 1920. The Ashwell War Memorial is one of only two Parish war memorials in England designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

The cross was built by Messrs Holland, Hannen and Cubitt Ltd, the contractors for the Cenotaph in Whitehall. It was unveiled by Lord Hampden, the Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, on 4 December 1921. The cost was £557 with Lutyens being paid a fee of £42 19s 10d.

Ashwell war memorial is listed at Grade II for the following reasons:

• Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the First World War;
• Architect: by the nationally renowned architect Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869-1944), who designed 58 extant memorials at home and abroad including the Cenotaph in Whitehall;
• Design: a simple yet elegant War Cross, with the unusual feature of a two-stepped circular base rather than three. [1]

Front Panels (East):

In honour of the men of

Ashwell who fought in the

Great War and in loving

memory of those who fell

our glorious dead

Arthur Day	Albert A. Kirchin
Henry I. Dellar	Bruce Law
Julius Everden	Thomas Lee
William D. Eversden	George Longland
Percy Farr	Harry Loveday
Arthur G. Gentle	Herbert G. P. Maddams
John W. Goodwin	Albert E. Mole
Frank Harradine	John C. Noyes
Albert C. Hyder	Walter Picking
Tom Hyder	Frank Potton

their name liveth
for evermore

[The names of those who fell in the Second World War are inscribed on the podium.]

1939-1945

William Bean	Richard A Raikes	Stanley A. Marshall
Anthony Hill D.S.O. D.F.C.		George A. Page
James Law		William Pettingell
Kenneth Marsden		Douglas Waldock

Left Panel (South):

	1914
	Frederick Anns
	Albert Amtman
	Montague S. Austin
	George Bryant
	Harvey Bryant M.C.
	Percy A.W. Bullimore
	Edward Camp
	Stanley Camp
	Herbert Covington
	Lewis Daniels
	H. G. Waldock Died Aug 23rd 1923

Right Panel (North):

	1919
	James Revels
	Percy Revels
	Bertie Sheldrick
	John Sheldrick
	Harry Smith
	Herbert Smith
	Oben Strickland
	Harry W. G. Waldock
	Percy C. Wilkins
	John C. Winter
	Arthur Worboys

Ashwell United Reform Church was built in 1852 as the Congregational Church, replacing an earlier building destroyed by fire in 1850. [2]

Ashwell United Reform Church

Its churchyard contains a single CWGC grave and headstone for Private Herbert Covington also mentioned on the Left Panel (South) of the memorial above.

CWGC Headstone for Private Herbert Covington,
United Reform Church, Ashwell, Hertfordshire

Covington, Herbert
Rank: Private
Service No: 26534
Date of Death: 05/09/1920
Age: 39
Regiment/Service: King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 9th Bn.
Grave Reference: Near North-East corner of Chapelyard.
Cemetery: Ashwell United Reform Church
Additional Information: Son of Mrs. Emily Covington, of Mill St., Ashwell. [3]


[1] Historic England (http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1175188)
[2] Hertfordshire Churches in Photographs (https://hertfordshirechurches.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/united-reformed-church-high-street-ashwell/)
[3] GWGC Records (http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/364400/COVINGTON,%20HERBERT)

War Memorials of Wallington in Hertfordshire

Wallington is a small village in Hertfordshire, near the town of Baldock. Nearby villages include Rushden and Sandon. It is within the civil parish of Rushden and Wallington. The Church of St Mary is a Grade II Listed Building lying at the southern end of the village. The nave, west tower and windows date from the mid-15th Century. The chancel was rebuilt in 1864. [1]

Church of St Mary, Wallington, Hertfordshire

The Icknield Way Path passes through the village on its 110 mile journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk.

The church contains a rectangular WW1 remembrance tablet in a moulded marble frame with lettering in black.

WW1 remembrance tablet - St Mary's Wallington

To the Glory Of God

And in Remembrance of

Ambrose, E. E.,	Edwards, W.,
Haggar, G.,	Fisher, W.,
Scoote, B.,	Haggar, B.,
Ward, A.,	Ridley, C.,
Ward, T. W.,	Ridley, T.,
Who died, and of	Turner, B. J.,
Bonfield, A. E.,	Ward, F.,
Draper, F.,	Wilmot, H.,

Who also served abroad in the

Great War 1914-1918

Wallington is also special for another reason as Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) resided here from 1936 to 1940 at a cottage at 2 Kits Lane, known as "The Stores". He also spent occasional weekends there (when he was otherwise mainly in London) until he gave up the lease on the cottage in 1947. Eric Blair is better known by his pen name George Orwell and it is thought that his experiences here in Wallington contributed to his writing during 1944 of his famous novella Animal Farm (1945). The farm in the village is, as in the book called Manor Farm.

He had married his first wife Eileen O'Shaughnessy at St Mary's church on 9 June 1936.

Orwell's cottage in Kits Lane, Wallington, Hertfordshire

The Herts County Council commemorative plaque on Orwell's cottage in Wallington

[1] Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallington,_Hertfordshire)