Combined War Memorial, Wickham Bishops, Essex. - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

This war memorial is placed on a small triangle of land at the junction of Kelvedon Road with Beacon Hill and Tiptree Road right on the eastern parish boundary of the Essex village of Wickham Bishops. It commemorates the fallen of WWI from both Great Braxted and Wickham Bishops, one Charles Oscar Wilson who was killed in Palestinein 1917, and, as a later addition, the fallen of the parish from WWII

The memorial is built of limestone, has an octagonal shaft surmounted with an orb and cross. It is placed on a three step base, the lower two steps having the names inscribed on four of the faces. It's on a larger base surrounded by a small flower border with small conical evergreens.

Starting with the north-facing side and moving right the inscriptions are:

                      TO THE HONOUR OF
                    THE MEN OF GT BRAXTED
                    WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
                    FOR KING AND COUNTRY

                      Oliver John Lazell
              Arthur Pace Polley     Joseph Pye
                   Frank Edward Lucas Denny


                           TO THE
                     MEMORY OF OUR SON
                    Charles Oscar Wilson
                 Lieut. 5th Batt.Essex Regt.
                Killed in Action Before Gaza,
                Palestine. On the Evening of
                  March 26th 1917, Aged 23.

             Greater Love Hath No Man Than This.
              That A Man Lay Down His Life For
              His Friends       St.John ch15 v13.


                      TO THE HONOUR OF
                 THE MEN OF WICKHAM BISHOPS
                    WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
                    FOR KING AND COUNTRY.
            Kenneth Chester Herron
             Stanley Bannister	  James Ewers
             James Bridgman	  Harold Stanley Glynn
             William Burman	  William Hayward
             Thomas Bushby	  Harold Courtland Peeling
             George Dickerson	  Ernest Pryor
             Albert Edward Doe	  William Sword
             Arthur Edwards	  John Williams
             Charles Ewers	  William Wood

                           TO THE
                     MEMORY OF THE MEN
                    WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
                        IN THE WAR OF
                         1939 - 1945

            George Butler Sword	  John Hudson
            Arthur Wilfred Jesse  Ernest Smith
            Vaughan Edward Hart	  Albert John Ward
            Thomas Patrick Gough  Julian K.Myers

Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Wickham Bishops and Great Braxted Parish Councils. Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Physical Address of Monument: Beacon Hill Wickham Bishops, Essex UK Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed Website for this Monument: Not listed

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