Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Uttlesford
Town
Rickling
County
Essex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
56174

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Current location

South wall
South aisle
East of the South door
All Saints Church
Church End
Rickling
Uttlesford
Essex
CB11 3YL
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 49858 31503
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Wall-mounted rectangular brass plaque, fixed to a wooden board. The plaque has a decorative border, with a cross patee in each corner. An incised red painted cross is at top-centre, beneath which the incised inscription is in Roman capitals.
Inscription
1914 - 1919/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF RICKLING MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Andrews, Frank
Banks, Charles
Banks, Herbert
Banks, William
Banks, William E
Clayden, Edward C
Clements, George
Davis, Frank
Gray, Arthur
Holland, Charles
See details for all 25 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 25
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 25
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, surname
    Order of information: Names are listed alphabetically by surname, in three columns.
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth 5 mm, height 580 mm, width 960 mm
    Materials: Brass
  • Backboard
    Measurements: depth 50 mm, height 640 mm, width 1020 mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
Condition
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 88 and 89 have details of this memorial and some biographical details of the casualties named upon it. (Among those details are those of Colonel William Raymond Inglis, Lord of the manor of Rickling, and Commander of the 33rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, who died on 30/3/1916, aged 53. He was buried in Rickling Churchyard, where his headstone reads: "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ COLONEL W. RAYMOND INGLIS/ OF RICKLING HALL AND THE LEE, ESSEX/ AND DRUIMUAN, KILLIKRANKIE/ WHO DIED FROM OVERSTRAIN OF WORK ON THE DAY/ OF HIS DEPARTURE FOR ACTIVE SERVICE IN FRANCE/ MARCH 30TH 1916 AGED 53 YEARS/ LOYAL TO HIS KING, HIS COMRADES AND HIS GOD").

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