Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Maldon
- Town
- Braxted
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26 March 1921
Attended by: Lieutenant Colonel T GIBBONS DSO - Rededicated
Date: 26 March 2002
Attended by: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 45766
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Current location
At the Parish Boundary
At the junction between Kelvedon Road
Braxted Road and Tiptree Road
Braxted
Maldon
Essex
CM8 3HW
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 84991 12691
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A THREE STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY A SIX SIDED PILLAR, ORB AND SMALL CROSS. ALL THE INSCRIPTION IS FORMED IN BLACK UPPER CASE LETTERING ON THE SIDES OF THE STEPS. THE MEMORIAL IS SITED ON A GRASSED TRIANGULAR ISLAND AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN THE THREE ROADS. A SMALL GARDEN HAS ALSO BEEN FORMED AROUND THE BASE OF THE MEMORIAL. MR AND MRS W WILSON OF HEATH COTTAGE, WICKHAMS BISHOP DONATED THE CROSS IN MEMORY OF THE THEIR SON LIEUTENANT CHARLES OSCAR WILSON 5TH ESSEX REGIMENT KILLED BEFORE GAZA 26.3.1917. THEY AGREED TO ALLOW THE NAMES OF OTHER SERVICEMEN KILLED IN THE WAR, TO HAVE THEIR NAMES INCLUDED.
- Inscription
- east face: TO THE HONOUR OF/ THE MEN OF GT BRAXTED/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ (5 names) south face: TO THE HONOUR OF/ THE MEN OF WICKHAM BISHOPS/ WHO GAVE THIER LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ (17 names) west face: TO THE MEMORY OF OUR SON/ CHARLES OSCAR WILSON/ LIEUT 5TH BATT ESSEX REGT/ KILLED IN ACTION BEFORE GAZA/ PALESTINE ON THE EVENING OF/ MARCH 26TH 1917 AGED 23/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS FRIENDS/ ST JOHN CH 15 V13 north face: TO THE/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR OF/ 1939 - 1945/ (8 names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bannister, Stanley
Barman, William
Bridsman, James
Bushby, Thomas
Denny, Frank Edward Lucas
Dickerson, George
Doe, Albert Edward
Edwards, Arthur
Ewers, Charles
Ewers, James
See details for all 30 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, additional
Order of information: additional THEN surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: height c 3600mm
Materials: Stone
- Pillar
- Listing information
- Great Braxted and Wickham Bishops War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- PARISHES OF GREAT BRAXTED AND WICKHAM BISHOPS
- WMO ID: 79125
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 23-08-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2001 Lettering recut - £200 grant from the War Memorials Trust and £1,500 from the local council. See following link for details - https://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=297
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: Mr and Mrs Wilson of Heath Cottage, Wickham Bishops - Responsibility
- Wickham Bishops Branch of the Royal British Legion
- Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM297 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=297
- Essex Chronicle 1 April 1921
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