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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Rochford
- Town
- Great Wakering
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22688
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Current location
St Nicholas' Church
Common Road
Great Wakering
Rochford
Essex
SS3 0AG
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 94927 87555
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- STONE CROSS MOUNTED ON OCTAGONAL STONE COLUMN. COLUMN SURMOUNTS SQUARE STONE PLINTH WHICH BEARS INCISED NAMES AND INSCRIPTION. WHOLE STANDS ON OCTAGONAL STONE BASE. CARVED LAUREL WREATH SURROUNDS DATES.
- Inscription
- NORTH FACE: THEIR NAME/ (Names) WEST FACE: LIVETH FOR/ 1914/ 1919/ REMEMBER THE/ MEN OF GREAT/ WAKERING WHO/ DIED FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY SOUTH FACE: EVERMORE/ (Names) EAST FACE: 1939-1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aylett, Alfred E
Bailey, Frederick G
Bailey, Thomas W
Barton, Ernest
Beadle, Thomas S
Benson, Sidney C
Brown, Charles E
Burgess, Christopher C
Burles, James
Burrell, William J
See details for all 48 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 48
Served and returned: 0
Died: 48
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Base
Measurements: Undefined
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
- Great Wakering War Memorial
- WMO ID: 183638
- Condition: Good [last updated on 14-11-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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