Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Colchester
- Town
- Colchester
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 70242
Support IWM
Any gift we receive makes a vital contribution to our ongoing work, from conserving our collection to supporting our public programme.
Current location
St Leonard at the Hythe
Hythe Hill
Colchester
Colchester
Essex
CO1 2NH
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 01263 24716
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A light grey marble rectangular memorial veined with darker grey marble. The lettering is incised and printed in a plain, bold, black typeface. There is no border nor is there any decoration. Reported as being in storage because broken. There is another pair of WW1 tablets - WMR #69811
- Inscription
- 1914-1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ (names)./ THE VESTRIES AND ORGAN CHAMBER WERE ADDED/ TO THIS CHURCH A.D. 1920 AS A MEMORIAL TO THEM.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, Charles
Appleyard, Frederick
Arnold, Frederick
Barber, Claude
Berry, Leslie W
Cardy, William G
Carlo, John G A
Chandler, Percy T
Clarey, George A
Clarey, Percy V
See details for all 54 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 54
Served and returned: 0
Died: 54
Exact count: yes
Information shown: given name or initials , surname
Order of information: alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Vestry
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Organ or Organ part
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Tablet
- 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
- Hythe - St Leonard's Church
- WMO ID: 148700
- Condition: Very bad [last updated on 02-10-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- War Memorials Online www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/148700 Report that broken.
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.
This information is made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC licence.
This means you may reuse it for non-commercial purposes only and must attribute it to us using the following statement:
© WMR-70242
For queries, please contact [email protected].