Combined War Memorial Henham, Essex, UK
Posted by: bill&ben
N 51° 56.003 E 000° 14.861
31U E 310788 N 5757208
A memorial in the form of a monolith built on a green triangle at a road junction in the village.
Waymark Code: WMC3NA
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/21/2011
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The memorial takes the form of a monolithic cairn built of
worked stone blocks. On the front face is a marble table inset to the stone
face. The marble tablet contains the names of the fallen. The whole monument is
surrounded by railings.
The inscription reads
ERECTED
BY THE PARISHIONERS
IN EVERLASTING MEMORY
OF THE MEN
OF HENHAM
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE DEFENCE
OF THIS COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
A.D. 1914 –
1918
[NAMES]
1939 – 1945
[NAME]
The War
Memorial was unveiled on 6 March 1921 by Sir W Foot Mitchell M.P. There are
photographs of the unveiling and the Order of Service on the local history
website.
According to the Essex Countryside publication, the memorial
was known as the Henham Snowman and china replicas
were once sold in the Post Office.