
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Brentwood
- Town
- Shenfield
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 28 October 1921
Attended by: Sir Henry Thornton (General Manager of the Great Eastern Railway) - Rededicated
Date: 10 November 2014
Attended by: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2247
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Current location
Shenfield Railway Station
Hutton Road
Shenfield
Brentwood
Essex
CM15 8PA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 61334 95021
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- On platform 3 a marble tablet with peaked top. Scrolls on either side, containing names of those who served. Roundel of Great Eastern Railway mounted below.
- Inscription
- Memorial/THIS TABLET/IS ERECTED BY THE/TRAFFIC AND CIVIL ENGINEER'S STAFF/ OF THIS STATION/IN PROUD MEMORY OF THEIR/ FIVE COLLEAGUES/WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/AND WHOSE NAMES ARE/INSCRIBED BELOW:-/ (Names) / "Peace Perfect Peace."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bailes, S
Peacock, W
Savill, G
Turner, A L
Wood, W
See details for all 5 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 900mm, width 600mm
Materials: Marble - Sicilian
- Tablet
- 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 - Reference
- Essex Chronicle 4 November 1921
- Rail No.578 page 26 (7-20 Nov. 2007)
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