Detail of two wooden centenary crosses in a niche between stones of the war memorial

Date:
10 May 2015
Location:
War Memorial, High Street, Alton, East Hampshire, Hampshire, GU34 1BA
Reference:
DP176297
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

The British Legion distributed wooden crosses during the centenary of the First World War encouraging people to write on them the names of family members affected by conflict in rememberance of their sacrifice.

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/23861 Alton War Memorial, High Street, Alton, Hampshire; within the Volume: VF000276 War Memorials; within the Series: EHC01/285 War Memorials; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Millson-Watkins, Lucy: Historic England

Keywords

Mid 20th Century War Memorial, First World War