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.
- 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]
In honour of the men of
Ashwell who fought in the
Great War and in loving
memory of those who fell
Arthur Day
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Albert A.
Kirchin
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Henry I. Dellar
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Bruce Law
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Julius Everden
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Thomas Lee
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William D.
Eversden
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George Longland
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Percy Farr
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Harry Loveday
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Arthur G. Gentle
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Herbert G. P.
Maddams
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John W. Goodwin
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Albert E. Mole
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Frank Harradine
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John C. Noyes
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Albert C. Hyder
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Walter Picking
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Tom
Hyder
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Frank
Potton
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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
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Richard A Raikes
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Stanley A.
Marshall
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Anthony Hill
D.S.O. D.F.C.
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George A. Page
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James Law
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William
Pettingell
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Kenneth Marsden
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Douglas Waldock
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Left Panel (South):
1914
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Frederick Anns
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Albert Amtman
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Montague S. Austin
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George Bryant
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Harvey Bryant M.C.
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Percy A.W. Bullimore
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Edward Camp
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Stanley Camp
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Herbert Covington
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Lewis Daniels
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H. G. Waldock Died Aug 23rd 1923
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Right Panel (North):
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)
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