Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Braintree
- Town
- Halstead
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 8th May 1920
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Colchester - Unveiled
Date: 8th May 1920
Attended by: GENERAL THE LORD BYNG OF VIMY - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22226
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Current location
St Andrews Church
Parsonage Street
Halstead
Braintree
Essex
CO9 2AT
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 81546 30721
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Elaborate lantern Cross on octagonal plinth and three stepped base sited within the churchyard. At time of visit in October 2023 virtually all the inscription was unreadable.
- Inscription
- Not Known
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 122
Served and returned: 0
Died: 122
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth c 3000mm, height c 6000mm, width c 3000mm
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- Halstead War Memorial
- WMO ID: 101868
- Condition: Good [last updated on 19-06-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- LETTERING BADLY WORN (APRIL 1997). Lettering virtually all unreadable in October 2023
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: PRIVATE DONATION BY MRS AUGUSTINE COURTAULD OF THE HOWE - Responsibility
- Church authorities / Parochial Church Council (PCC)
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/101868
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