Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Uttlesford
Town
Little Canfield
County
Essex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Placed
    Date: 1921
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
56167

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Current location

All Saints Church
Church Lane
Little Canfield
Uttlesford
Essex
CM6 1SU
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 58685 20958
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A rectangular white marble tablet with alabaster frame, fixed to a grey marble backboard. The incised inscription and names are in black lettering.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918/ ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS 1921.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Gunn, Walter
Halls, Frank
Nightingale, Andrew
Prior, Arthur
Stone, Wiliam James
See details for all 5 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 5
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 5
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, Regiment
    Order of information: Listed neither alphabetically by surname nor chronologically by date of death (possibly by date of enlistment?)
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Carrara
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Alabaster
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Grey
Listing information
Condition
History
All Saints Church was Grade II listed on 20/2/1967 (https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1367058 )
Costs

Comments: Erected by the parishioners.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Church of England
Reference
  • "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 20 and 21 record the memorial, and give some biographical details of the men commemorated on it.

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