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World War memorial on Wood Hill in the centre of Northampton, the county town of
Northamptonshire, in central England. Designed by architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, it
is a Stone of Remembrance flanked by twin obelisks draped with painted stone flags
standing in a small garden in what was once part of the churchyard of All Saints'
Church.
Discussion of a war memorial for Northampton began shortly after the armistice in
1918, and from July 1919 a temporary wooden cenotaph stood on Abington Street in
the town centre. The Northamptonshire War Memorial Committee commissioned Lutyens
to design a permanent memorial. The monument's design was completed and approved
quickly, but its installation was delayed by six years until the site could be
purchased from the Church of England, which required a faculty from the local
diocese. The memorial was finally unveiled on 11 November 1926 after a service and
a parade including local schoolchildren and civic leaders.