Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rochford
- Town
- Hockley
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: 11 November 1999
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22737
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Current location
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Royal British Legion Hall
White Hart Lane
Hockley
Rochford
Essex
SS5 4DQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 84623 92387
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- THREE TABLETS SET INTO NICHE OF EXTERNAL WALL.
- Inscription
- CENTRAL WHITE STONE TABLET: TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE/ MEN AND WOMEN/ OF/ HOCKLEY & DISTRICT/ WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE/ 1914-1918 & 1939-1945/ THEY SHALL NOT GROW (SIC) OLD/ AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD./ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM,/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN./ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN,/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM LEFT HAND MEMORIAL TABLET: IN HONOUR OF/ ALL WHO DIED/ FOR FREEDOM IN THE/ FIRST WORLD WAR/ AMONGST WHOM WERE/ THESE MEN FROM/ HOCKLEY & HAWKWELL PARISHES/ (NAMES) RIGHT HAND MEMORIAL TABLET: IN HONOUR OF/ ALL WHO DIED/ FOR FREEDOM IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ AMONGST WHOM WERE/ THESE MEN FROM HOCKLEY & HAWKWELL PARISHES/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, John Charles
Baker, Thomas Sidney
Baker, William
Baldry, Garnet Stanley Montague
Baynes, Ben Arthur
Bewers, Henry Robert
Breewood, Thomas
Bright, Arthur
Brown, Albert Henry
Brown, Herbert Edward Holding
See details for all 50 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 50
Served and returned: 0
Died: 50
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 34
Served and returned: 0
Died: 34
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablets
- 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
- History
- ADDITIONAL MARBLE TABLETS ADDED IN 1999
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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