War Memorial 500m south-west of Alameda Gate

The War Memorial, located 500 meters south-west of Alameda Gate, is a Grade II listed structure made of Portland limestone. It is designed as a cenotaph, raised on a two-tiered plinth set on a polygonal base.

The exterior features a stripped neo-classical style, highlighted by a stylised Corinthian capital adorned with acanthus leaves and pineapples at the corners of the dentilated cornice. The cenotaph has fluted, chamfered corners and displays a circular moulded plaque with a crucifix just below the capital on the main facade. Below the plaque, there is an inscription in Roman lettering that reads ‘THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE’. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the faces of the cenotaph, which stands on a square plinth with chamfered corners. The upper part of the plinth is inscribed with the years ‘1914-1919’. The rear face of the lower plinth bears the inscription: THIS MONUMENT TO OUR GALLANT DEAD / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS / WAS UNVEILED BY / H. R. H. PRINCESS BEATRICE / AND DEDICATED / BY THE RT. REV. THE CHAPLAIN GENERAL TO THE FORCES (BISHOP TAYLOR SMITH) / ON MAY 17TH 1921 IN THE PRESENCE OF / THE AMPTHILL URBAN COUNCIL / (CHAIRMAN I. W. CRISP) / A. H. WINGFIELD / CHAIRMAN OF THE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE / AND / HERBRAND 11TH DUKE OF BEDFORD K.G. / DONOR OF THE SITE/.