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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Staffordshire
- Town
- Essington
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 27800
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Current location
ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
Essington
South Staffordshire
Staffordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 961 033
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- UPPER PART OF THE MEMORIAL IS A CREAM MARBLE PLAQUE WITH RELIEF FIGURE OF SOLDIER WITH ARMS REVERSED IN CENTRE. LETTERING AND NAMES SURROUND THE FIGURE ON ALL FOUR SIDES (NAMES AT THE SIDES). THE CENTRAL PANEL IS SURROUNDED BY A TERRA COTTA/CREAM MOTTLED MARBLE FRAME WITH MOULDED EDGES AND FLORAL PANELS ALONG THE EDGES. SHIELD WITH A CIRCULAR CROSS AND SURMOUNTED BY A CROWN IS AT TOP CENTRE OF MEMORIAL. THE SWW MEMORIAL IS A TERRACOTTA/CREAM MOTTLED MARBLE PANEL FIXED BENEATH THE FWW PLAQUE.
- Inscription
- 1914 + 1918 / TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF ESSINGTON WITH HILTON / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / [NAMES] / "GREATER LOVE TATH NO MAN / THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY / DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS" 1939-1945 / [NAMES] /"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Attgood, Albert
Bradbury, Henry
Burrison, David
Cross, Samson
Gill, Enoch
Harrison, Thomas
Jones, Percy
Mathews, George
Mills, Joseph
Mills, Thomas
See details for all 21 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 21
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 6
Exact count: no
Information shown: forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: height 174 CMS, width 95 CMS
Materials: Marble
- 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
- Essington with Hilton
- WMO ID: 252961
- Condition: Good [last updated on 21-07-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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