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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Braintree
- Town
- Braintree
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 06 November 1926
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Colchester - Unveiled
Date: 06 November 1926
Attended by: Maj Gen Sir Harold Goodeve Ruggles-Brise KCMG CB CVO - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22070
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Current location
Braintree and Bocking Public Gardens
The Causeway
Braintree
Braintree
Essex
CM7 9AN
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 75883 23528
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Tall obelisk on substantial stone plinth, the whole set on an elevated platform. WWI names on the side of the plinth and WW2 names on the sloping front of the platform. Town Crests flank the WW1 inscription on the front face of the platform.
- Inscription
- THE MEN OF/ BRAINTREE AND BOCKING/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ MCMCXV/ MCMXIX/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names) 1914 - 1919/ THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD/ AS THEY THAT ARE LEFT GROWN OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ambrose, W G
Amey, M C
Amos, A
Amos, W G
Andrews, H
Archer, E C
Atkins, G
Bacon, W G
Bailey, E S
Baines, G E
See details for all 202 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 202
Served and returned: 0
Died: 202
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 85
Served and returned: 0
Died: 85
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height 6096mm, width 1219mm
Materials: Stone - Portland, Stone - Hopton Wood
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Braintree and Bocking War Memorial
- WMO ID: 131003
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 15-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2011: Name of W. Moase added to Second World War casualties by Braintree District Council. 1998: RESTORED AND RENOVATED BY BRAINTREE AND BOCKING CIVIC SOCIETY, SURROUNDING WALL REBUILT, FLOWER BEDS AND PATIO RELAID.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Essex Chronicle 12th November 1926.
- Carter Postcard Collection
- sites.google.com/site/braintreebockingww2warmemorial/
- Braintree Witham and Dunmow Times 20th November 1998.
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