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The war memorial in Sandridge is a timber-framed lychgate on a redbrick base. The roof is pitched and covered by red tiles with a wrought iron cross final to the front. The supporting cross arch carries an inscription and there are brass plaques on the front of the walls with dedication and names of the fallen on the other. On the inner faces of the roof are wooden plaques which list all those who served and returned. The memorial is dedicated to the 24 fallen of the town and located at the entrance to the churchyard of St Leonard’s Church on High Street, Sandridge, St Albans. It is Grade II Listed by historic England.

This memorial received a grant of £3,970 from War Memorials Trust through their Grants for War Memorials scheme supported by Historic England in 2024. The project saw conservation and repair works carried out to various elements of the memorial including the roof, brickwork and structural timber elements where these had failed. In addition, the memorial boards were restored to remove failing varnish and faded lettering was repainted.

The memorial was erected in 1921 to the designs of the architect F W Phillips using local builders and craftsmen. It was dedicated on 24th December 1921 at which a detachment of the St Alban's Church Lads' Brigade lined the churchyard leading from the North door of the church. The Clergy and Choir sheltered inside of the lychgate with mourners immediately in front, ex-servicemen standing to the left and school children to the right. Reverend T. W. Lister read from Revelation xxxi 1-7, and an address was given by the Dean of St Albans the Very Reverend G W Blenkin. Colonel Henry Page Croft MP carried out the unveiling and local children sang O Valiant Hearts Who to your glory came. This was followed by the Benediction, the sounding of The Last Post, a brief silence, the Reveille and the National Anthem.

The inscription reads: To the Glory of God this Lychgate was Erected in Grateful Memory of The Men of This Parish Who Gave Their Lives in The Great War 1914 - 1918 and Keeps Alive Also The Memory of Those Who Fell in The World War of 1939 – 1945: In Memoriam 1914 – 1918; 1939 – 1945; The Names on These Tablets Are a Record of Gratitude To The Men of This Parish Who Served and Returned from The Great War; 1914 - 1918

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM409
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 14649

 War Memorials Online: WMO/109200

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

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