Saffron Walden war memorial: 100 year anniversary | Saffron Walden Reporter
Because of this it was decreed that the official date of the ending of the Great War was to be August 31, 1921. Indeed in Saffron Walden on November 11, 1918 the roll of honour had five more names to be added to it. In the immediate aftermath of the war, the town struggled to come to terms with the grief brought about by the huge loss of life. For most people the establishment of a suitable memorial to the fallen was paramount. In the minutes of the council meeting dated November 27, 1919 vari...
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