Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Maldon
- Town
- Langford
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 29 June 1919
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Colchester
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22489
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Current location
In the Churchyard
St Giles' Church
Langford
Maldon
Essex
CM9 4ST
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 83773 09020
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- THREE-STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY OCTAGINAL PLINTH, SHAFT AND ORNATE WHEEL CROSS. INSCRIPTION IN WHITE LETTERING ON METAL PLAQUES MOUNTED ONTO WOODEN BASES ON FOUR SIDES OF THE PLINTH
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED / BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS PARISH / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THOSE LANGFORD MEN / WHO SERVED AND DIED / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 4.30 AND 7.30 O'CLOCK FACES: (NAMES) 9 O'CLOCK FACE: ALSO OF / THE MEN WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE / WAR OF 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Coolbear, Edward
Coolbear, John
Dorking, George
Dorking, Victor
Fairs, Albert
Grout, Victor
Harvey, Stanley
Howlett, George
Joslin, Frederick
Moore, Robin
See details for all 13 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, manner of death
Order of information: manner of death THEN surname THEN forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Cross
Measurements: depth c900mm, height c3600mm, width c900mm
Materials: Stone - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaques
- 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
- DATE UNKNOWN: ?NEW NAME PLAQUES ADDED
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Church authorities / Parochial Church Council (PCC)
- Reference
- Essex Chronicle 4 July 1919
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