Luton Hoo War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Luton local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Luton Hoo War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- over-slate-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Luton
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Luton Hoo War Memorial, Luton Hoo Memorial Park, Tennyson Road, LU1 3RP
- OS grid reference
- TL 092 199
- Coordinates
- 51.86719, -0.41505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Luton Hoo War Memorial is a First World War memorial dedicated in 1922, located in Luton Hoo Memorial Park. It features a granite obelisk that is rectangular in shape, rising from a pedestal on a two-stepped base. The base of the obelisk includes a carved frieze. On the south-east face, there is a bronze wreath beneath an incised inscription that reads: "LUTON HOO MEMORIAL PARK/ THE SITE OF THIS PARK/ WAS PRESENTED TO/ THE BOROUGH OF LUTON/ BY/ LADY WERNHER/ LADY OF THE MANOR OF LUTON/ IN COMMEMORATION OF THE GREAT VICTORY/ OF THE ALLIES AND AS A/ MEMORIAL TO HER SON/ ALEXANDER PICOTT WERNHER/ 1ST WELSH GUARDS KILLED IN ACTION 1916/ AND TO ALL THE OTHER GALLANT MEN/ OF LUTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 TO 1918/ ERECTED 1922." The memorial is situated within a circular grassed area that is enclosed by moulded granite kerbing.
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