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Memorial details

District
Braintree
Town
Panfield
County
Essex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
78914

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Current location

St Mary the Virgin Church
Church End
Panfield
Braintree
Essex
CM7 5AJ
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 73830 25303
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
White WW1 marble tablet with black inscription and gold and blue mosaic border with corsses at each corner, on a red marble backboard. Below a white marble WW2 tablet black inscription with simple gold repeating pattern border.
Inscription
WW1 Tablet: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR AD 1914-1918/ (Names) / LORD ALL PITYING JESU BLEST / GRANT THEM ALL ETERNAL REST WW2 Tablet: ALL THOSE WHO DIED IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (Names) / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Catterwell, John Thomas George
Cooch, Horace William
Gurteen, Norris
Ling, John Frederick
Ratcliffe, Churchill
Smith, Charles William
Tofts, Lancelot
Walden, Sydney Charles
Warren, William
Wells, Ronald Sydney
See details for all 14 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 10
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 10
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Firstname, surname
    Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 4
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 4
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Firstname, surname
    Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
Components
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Red
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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