Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Colchester
- Town
- Colchester
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 12th October 1923
Attended by: MAYOR OF COLCHESTER
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 45604
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Current location
on the left wall of the entrance foyer
Colchester Town Hall
High Street
Colchester
Colchester
Essex
CO1 1SP
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 99575 25220
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Five panels of paper framed in brass and glazed , the names written in black in alphabetical order with a decorative initial letter at the commencement of each alphabetic section . The centre panel and two adjacent hinged panels form a triptych for the WW1 names , the two outer panels for WW2 are in a fixed position and have been added at a later date . At the centre top are the Arms of the Borough of Colchester in brass low relief , and below that the WW1 dedication in cast brass . On each side above the WW2 panels is a cast bronze circular wreath with the WW2 dates within the wreath. The WW2 dedication is written above each WW2 panel in gold .
- Inscription
- THE ROLL OF HONOUR OF THE/ MEN OF COLCHESTER WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (names)/ THE ROLL OF HONOUR/ OF MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN/ OF COLCHESTER/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN/ THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, Charles
Abbott, Claude
Ablitt, George W
Ablitt, Harry E
Ablitt, Henry E
Ablitt, Walter
Ablitt, Wm George
Adams, Harry
Adams, Irwin Robert
Adams, Lena M
See details for all 1503 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1261
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1261
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: alphabetical by surname with frequent anomalies - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 240
Served and returned: 0
Died: 240
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename or initials
Order of information: surname with frequent anomalies
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - First World War memorial
Measurements: height 1980MM, width 1420MM
Materials: Paper - Second World War memorial
Measurements: height 1014MM
Materials: Paper
- Frame
- 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
- Colchester Town Hall
- WMO ID: 152343
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 25-10-2017]
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- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Local Publication/Booklet 1923 E A Hunt, ed., Colchester War Memorial Souvenir (Colchester: Essex Telegraph Ltd, 1923). Photocopy held on file.
- Our website 2107 www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.2107/fromUkniwmSearch/1
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