Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Colchester
- Town
- Layer De La Haye
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22404
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Current location
St John the Baptist Church
Layer De La Haye
Colchester
Essex
CO2 0EW
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 96494 19130
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- TWO PLAIN STONE TABLETS WITH INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. UPPER TABLET COMMEMORATES WW1 AND LOWER TABLET IS FOR WW2 NAMES
- Inscription
- UPPER TABLET: 1914 1918 / (NAMES) LOWER TABLET: 1939 1945 / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, Robert
Baldwin, Ernest
Barton, George
Bland, Frank
Burleigh, Ernest
Cansdale, Arthur
Chambers, Alfred
Clarke, George
Clarke, Horace
Crees, Cyril
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: 0
Died: 27
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- First World War memorial
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
- Grade I
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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.
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