Datchworth War Memorial

Datchworth War Memorial was erected in 1919 in the grounds of the Church of All Saints, off Bury Lane. The monument, made of Portland stone, stands approximately 3.5 metres tall and has a square base. It takes the form of a tapering obelisk set on a plinth, which is raised on a three-stepped base and platform. The obelisk features chamfered corners, and the upper part of the front side has a carved relief of a sword and a laurel wreath.

After the Second World War, uniform square marble tablets were added to the four faces of the plinth, likely covering the original inscriptions from 1919. The tablet on the front face reads: ‘IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF DATCHWORTH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN TWO WORLD WARS / 1914 – 1918 / 1939 – 1945’. Two of the tablets list the names of the 13 local men who died in the First World War, while a separate plaque commemorates four men who fell in the Second World War.