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Markyate Roll of Honour

The roll of honour in the village of Markyate in Hertfordshire, close to the borders of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, is a limestone plaque set in a low wall between two hedges behind the World War I memorial (WM994). Both memorials stand in an enclosed paved area on the High Street in front of Dove Wirral cottage.

In 2006/7 English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation gave a grant of £980 towards work to clean both the war memorial and the plaque. The freestanding memorial was re-pointed and given a protective shelter coat, and the plaque had the letters re-painted and re-carved where necessary. The grant also covered the lifting of the paved surround, the laying of a new sub base and the re-laying of the paving and the steps.

The inscription on the roll of honour reads:

"In grateful memory of the men of Markyate
who gave their lives in the great wars
1914 – 1918
1939-1945
Their name liveth for evermore"

The names of 43 men from World War I and 14 men from World War II are listed. (3 of the World War I fallen on the roll of honour – F Andrews, G Kitchener and J Loveridge - are not commemorated on the plinth of the war memorial cross). There are also small plaques to commemorate two soldiers who have died since 1945; N N Else in Greece 1948 and Michael Southern who died in Northern Ireland in 1974.

The roll of honour was erected in the town’s recreation field on Cavendish Road in 1951 but was moved to its current location behind the World War I memorial on an unknown date, as that is a more convenient and a safer location.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM3583
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 49151

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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