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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tendring
- Town
- Elmstead Market
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MESSRS L J WATTS LTD (Mason)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 6 July 1919
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Dedicated
Date: 6 July 1919
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22733
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Current location
St Anne and St Lawrence Church
Elmstead Market
Tendring
Essex
CO7 7AW
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 06506 26003
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- NOWY-HEADED WHITE MARBLE TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A BLACK BASE. INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK PAINTED LETTERING. CROSS AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE TABLET
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE / GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION, IN THE PARISH OF ELMSTEAD.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, O A Ellis
Baker, Albert A
Baker, Ernest A
Barker, Ernest E
Barker, Samuel
Bloomfield, Frederick W
Carrington, Arthur
Cole, Mark
Crackling, G Oliver
Day, John H
See details for all 28 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 28
Served and returned: 0
Died: 28
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height C 840MM, width 770MM
Materials: Marble - White - Base
Measurements: height 860MM, width 880MM
Materials: Stone
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Essex County Standard 12 July 1919
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