Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Redbridge
- Town
- Wanstead
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Afghanistan (2001-2014)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2127
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Current location
Roadside
High St
Wanstead
Redbridge
Greater London
E11 2AA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 40338 88693
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Bronze figure surmounts square Portland stone base. Green marble facing with names inscribed on it on base Figure is of Winged Victory, half draped, as she carries 4 palm leaves and wears laurel wreath on her head. Shield, crown, furled flags above inscribed plaque
- Inscription
- ON COLUMN: MEN OF WANSTEAD / WHOM THEIR NEIGHBOURS / HEREBY COMMEMORATE / HERE NUMBERED AMONG / THOSE WHO IN THE / GREAT WAR / AT THE CALL OF / KING AND COUNTRY / LEFT ALL THAT WAS / DEAR TO THEM / ENDURED HARDSHIP / FACED DANGER AND / FINALLY PASSED OUT OF / THE SIGHT OF MEN BY / THE PATH OF DUTY AND / SELF SACRIFICE GIVING UP / THEIR OWN LIVES THAT / OTHERS MIGHT / LIVE IN / FREEDOM / LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER / SEE TO IT THAT THEIR / SACRIFICE WAS NOT IN VAIN / 1914-1918 / AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE / MEN AND WOMEN WHO LAID / DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE 1939-1945 WAR / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM PLAQUE: Afghanistan casualty (NAME) (exact inscription unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allnut, A.e.
Alston, H.e.
Andrews, A.
Andrews, C.
Andrews, C.c.
Andrews, P.h.
Aylott, F.
Aylott, T.s.
Ayton, V.j.
Barnes, A.j.
See details for all 199 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 192
Served and returned: 0
Died: 192
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,decorations
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Afghanistan (2001-2014)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Sculpture
Measurements: depth 1800mm, height C. 7000mm, width 1800mm
Materials: Bronze - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Sculpture
- Listing information
- Wanstead War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- WANSTEAD
- WMO ID: 120440
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 18-09-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2013, September: site is regularly maintained. Plaque was added to original memorial.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Redbridge Borough Council
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- "Marine Thomas Curry". The CHRONICLE. Monthly newsletter of the Buckhurst Hill Branch of the Royal British Legion. November 2007, p.2.
- Buildings of England series by Various London 5 east (2005) p.362
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