Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Tendring
- Town
- Harwich
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 31 January 1921
Attended by: Bishop of Chelmsford - Unveiled
Date: 31 January 1921
Attended by: LORD LAMBOURNE CVO - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22850
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Current location
On the north wall
St Nicholas' Church
Church Street
Harwich
Tendring
Essex
CO12 3DS
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 26116 32584
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- CHAPEL AND CLOCK CHIMES WITH DEDICATORY PLAQUE. PLAQUE IS NOWY-HEADED AND MOUNTED ONTO A WOODEN BACKBOARD WITH INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. WREATH WITH A CROSS WITHIN IT IS AT THE TOP OF THE PLAQUE
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET AND CHAPEL TOGETHER WITH THE CHIMES IN/ THE CLOCK ARE DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD, IN/ MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THE PARISH AND CONGREGATION/ OF SAINT NICHOLAS, HARWICH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR GOD, KING AND COUTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918./ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"/ (NAMES)/ "IN THY REDEEMING LOVE O LORD HAVE MERCY ON THE FALLEN"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Percy John
Aldis, Herbert
Alexander, Ernest
Arnold, George William
Avis, Arthur George
Avis, Henry John
Avis, Joseph Wilfred
Avis, Thomas William
Barley, William
Barnard, Charles Henry
See details for all 131 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 133
Served and returned: 0
Died: 133
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 1350MM, width 760MM
Materials: Bronze - Backboard
Measurements: height 1520MM, width 890MM
Materials: Wood - Oak - Chapel
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Bells
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Plaque
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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