Combined War Memorial, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Layer Marney, Essex. CO5 9UR. - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

This started as a simple but elegant memorial to the men of Layer Marney Parish who died in the Great War. There was sufficient room at the lower part of the name tablet to add the name of the one parishioner who died in World War Two.

The name tablet is of grey marble with the names incised and filled with a black pigment, it is set into a cream marble frame of classical design with a coved pediment and a carved angel at the base and placed on the north wall of the the north aisle of this country estate church.

The dedication reads:

                    TO THE MEMORY OF
                THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH
                WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
                    IN THE GREAT WAR
                      1914 - 1919.

The names are in no particular order and read:

                    Arthur Powell.
                    Arthur Wade.
                    Horace Burmby.
                    Ernest C.Mansfield.
                    William French.
                    Henry Kirkham.
                    George Sach.
                    Alfred Sach.
                    Sidney S.Harrington.
                    Harry C.Pettican.
                    Ernest W.Playle.
                    George W.Bell.
                    Alfred Harvey.
                    Harold Knight.
                         1939-1945.
                      Basil Wadley.

Beneath the name panel is a further dedication;

               THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

Private or Public Monument?: Other Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: layer Marney Parocial Church Council Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Physical Address of Monument: St Mary the Virgin Roundbush Road Layer Marney, Essex UK CO5 9UR 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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