A neat and well kept village memorial, Hempstead, Essex.
Posted by: 
greysman
N 52° 00.989 E 000° 22.737
31U E 320144 N 5766114
A well kept stone memorial at the junction of High Street and Church Road at the northern end of this small Essex village.
Waymark Code: WMJ808
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/08/2013
Views: 1
The paving round this combined WWI and WWII memorial has been recently relaid making the area clean and tidy. The cross and base are made of grey granite, the base a tapering, truncated pyramid on a block plinth and the cross of celtic design on a block on the base. The cross carries the wording:-
IN MEMORY
OF
THE MEN OF
HEMPSTEAD
WHO FELL
IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914-1919
..with the names of the fallen of WWI below on the base:-
Frank Edgar Andrews
Charles Ernest Andrews
William Andrews
Harry Colman
Hugh Charles Colman
George Foster
Arthur Purkiss
William Purkiss
Arthur Macdonald Purkiss
Arthur Robinson
Charles Robinson
Ernest Stubbings
Arthur William Turner
George Tyger
..and the wording:-
FOR HOME AND FREEDOM.
below that.
The Names of the fallen from WWII are on the right-hand face of the base. This carries the dedication as well:-
1939 - 1945
IN
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
John William Banks
Frank Robert Barnard
Francis Harley Bridgman
Cecil John Gibbs.
THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR OUR FREEDOM
The memorial is just opposite a very nice pub where you can not only drink but eat as well. It's the 'Bluebell Inn' reputedly the birthplace of Dick Turpin in 1705.