St Nicholas Church WW1

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Dedicated
Date: 31 January 1921
Attended by: Bishop of Chelmsford
Unveiled
Date: 31 January 1921
Attended by: LORD LAMBOURNE CVO
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Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

22850

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Current location

On the north wall
St Nicholas' Church
Church Street
Harwich
Tendring
Essex
CO12 3DS
England

OS Grid Ref: TM 26116 32584
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

CHAPEL AND CLOCK CHIMES WITH DEDICATORY PLAQUE. PLAQUE IS NOWY-HEADED AND MOUNTED ONTO A WOODEN BACKBOARD WITH INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. WREATH WITH A CROSS WITHIN IT IS AT THE TOP OF THE PLAQUE

Inscription

THIS TABLET AND CHAPEL TOGETHER WITH THE CHIMES IN/ THE CLOCK ARE DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD, IN/ MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THE PARISH AND CONGREGATION/ OF SAINT NICHOLAS, HARWICH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR GOD, KING AND COUTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918./ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"/ (NAMES)/ "IN THY REDEEMING LOVE O LORD HAVE MERCY ON THE FALLEN"

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Adams, Percy John
Aldis, Herbert
Alexander, Ernest
Arnold, George William
Avis, Arthur George
Avis, Henry John
Avis, Joseph Wilfred
Avis, Thomas William
Barley, William
Barnard, Charles Henry
See details for all 131 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 133
Served and returned: 0
Died: 133
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname,forename

Components

Plaque
Measurements: height 1350MM, width 760MM
Materials: Bronze
Backboard
Measurements: height 1520MM, width 890MM
Materials: Wood - Oak
Chapel
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
Bells
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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