Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Epping Forest
- Town
- Buckhurst Hill
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22411
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Current location
Church of St Stephen
Albert Road / Lower Queen's Road
Buckhurst Hill
Epping Forest
Essex
IG9 6FD
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 41838 93789
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- SQUARE STONE COLUMN WITH PITCHED TOP SET ON THREE-STEPPED STONE BASE. BRASS PLAQUE ON FRONT WHICH BEARS DEDICATION AND NAMES IN TWO COLUMNS. ON EACH SIDE OF THE COLUMN, APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY UP, IS A SHELF.
- Inscription
- TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE/ WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES/ FOR GOD AND THE RIGHT/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Frederick
Allen, Alfred T
Andrews, William
Auker, George T J
Baker, Albert E
Balaam, William
Barlow, Arthur E
Barrett, Henry C
Bewshear, William E
Bird, Arthur G
See details for all 84 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 84
Served and returned: 0
Died: 84
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Column
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Column
- Listing information
- Buckhurst Hill War Memorial
- Grade II
- 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
- Buckhurst Hill
- WMO ID: 191128
- Condition: Good [last updated on 27-10-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Published:Buckhurst Hill Royal British Legion 2009 copy in ukniwm office
- historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1436445
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