The War Memorial

The site of Hertford War Memorial was originally purchased by Sir Edward Ernest Pearson of Brickendonbury Knight. In 1921, he and his wife gifted it to Hertford Council.

The Memorial features a bronze stag sculptured by Sir Edward Alfred Brisco Drury. The stag is set on a portland stone plinth designed by Mr Maurice Webb and Sir Aston Webb & Sons.

The base of the Memorial is inscribed with the names of those who died in World War I and II; some 564 men, and was refurbished in 2008.

Names on the Memorial

The documents below gives a list of those inscripted on the Memorial who gave their lives during the World Wars.

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World War One
World War Two

The following were killed in a Zepplin raid on Hertford in the evening of Wednesday, 13th October 1915:

Acting Bombadier Arthur John Cox, 2nd/1st Norfolk Bty. East Anglian Bde. Royal Field Artillery
George Stephen Game
James L Gregory
Arthur Hart
John Henry Jevons
Ernest Thomas Jolly
Charles Spicer
Charles Waller

The following civilians died during the Second World War:

Section Commander William George Battell, 3rd Hertfordshire Bn, Home Guard
Beatrice Brett
A E Johnson
Elizabeth Newman
Winifred Elsie Wright