Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Braintree
- Town
- Great Yeldham
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22210
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Current location
In the south-east section of the graveyard
St Andrew's Church
Church Road
Great Yeldham
Braintree
Essex
CO9 4PT
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 75807 38651
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Stylised floriated cross on octagonal shaft and plinth, with a two stepped base.
- Inscription
- (East face): THIS CROSS WAS/ ERECTED IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ "MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED/ WITH THY SAINTS IN GLORY/ EVERLASTING" (South-east and north-east faces): (WW1 names) (North face): 1939/ (WW2 names) (North-west face): 1945/ (WW2 names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, Frederick
Alliston, Jack
Argent, William
Bocking, Fred
Ellis, William
Elsdon, Harry
Elsdon, Stanley
Gibson, Leslie
Gibson, William
Gilder, Albert
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname, on two faces of plinth - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname, on two faces of plinth
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 3450MM, width 80MM
Materials: Stone - Plinth
Measurements: height 470MM, width 390MM
Materials: Stone - Base
Measurements: height 520MM, width 720MM
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- 2021: Whilst the inscription is becoming a eroded by weathering, it is still legible.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/249879/
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