Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Uttlesford
Town
Elmdon
County
Essex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 9 May 1920
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
22977

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Current location

Village Green (near St Nicholas' Church)
Junction of Heydon Lane and Ickleton Road
Elmdon
Uttlesford
Essex
CB11 4NE
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 46141 39641
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A Portland stone cross set on an octagonal tapering column. The column surmounts an octagonal stone base whose 6 o'clock and 12 o'clock faces bear the dedicatory inscriptions re WW1 and WW2 respectively. That plinth has a square Portland stone pedestal (on whose 12 o'clock face rests a tablet bearing the names of 6 WW2 casualties). The pedestal stands on a concrete two-step base. (N.B. The names of the parishioners who served/died in WW1 are not recorded on this memorial; the 12 of them who died in that War are commemorated by name on a tablet within St Nicholas' Church - for which see our reference 22976).
Inscription
(6 o'clock face of plinth): THIS CROSS IS RAISED/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ 78 MEN FROM THE/ PARISHES OF ELMDON/ AND WENDEN LOFTS/ SERVED IN H.M. FORCES/ TWELVE OF WHOM MADE/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ ALL NOBLY DID THEIR/ DUTY DEFENDING/ THEIR HOMES AND/ THEIR COUNTRY (12 o'clock face of plinth): ALSO/ TO THOSE/ WHO FOUGHT/ AND FELL/ 1939-1945 (Stone tablet at foot of 12 o'clock face): (names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Clark, M F
Cox, C
Franklin, A
Harvey, E G
Hoy, W S
Patmore, L
See details for all 6 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: (No names inscribed)
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 6
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 6
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Initials, surname
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Portland
  • Column
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Portland
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Portland
  • Pedestal
    Measurements: depth 900mm, width 900mm
    Materials: Stone - Portland
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Steps
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Concrete
Listing information
Condition
History
(The overall height of the memorial is 12 feet).
Costs

Comments: Paid for by voluntary public subscription.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Reference
  • Herts and Essex Observer on 15/5/1920 reported the unveiling of both this memorial and the WW1 tablet within Elmdon Church. (On 1/1/1921 the Herts and Essex Observer reported that the unveiling of those memorials had taken place on Sunday 9th May 1920: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003122/19210101/134/0008).
  • www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4290131
  • "Lest We Forget: The First World War Memorials of Uttlesford District", published by Recorders of Uttlesford History, 2014; ISBN 978-1-873669-14-3, pages 42 and 43 record the memorial, and give biographical details of the 12 WW1 casualties.

This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.

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