Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Braintree
- Town
- Witham
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22362
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Current location
90
United Reformed Church
Newland Street
Witham
Braintree
Essex
CM8 1AH
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 82001 14425
Denomination: United Reformed
- Description
- Rectangular decorated manuscript on paper in a glass fronted wide red/brown wooden frame . The manuscript has a painted border of natural coloured leaves with intertwined gold ribbons and a thistle , daffodil and rose at three of the corners . The dedication is hand drawn with a coloured Union Flag within a wreath , The names are in two columns with some names marked with either of two symbols , a plain cross denoting killed in action and a maltese cross denoting died on service
- Inscription
- ROLL OF HONOUR/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ WITHAM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH/ (NAMES)/ + KILLED IN ACTION * DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arnold, Alec
Ashby, Thomas H
Baldwin, Bert
Baldwin, Stanley
Bannister, Edmund A
Bannister, Frank W
Bannister, Stanley F
Bannister, Thomas E
Belsham, Herbert N
Belsham, Sidney
See details for all 55 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 55
Served and returned: 48
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,given name ,rank
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: height 825mm, width 550mm
Materials: Wood - Scroll
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper
- Frame
- 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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