Combined War Memorial, St.Mary the Virgin's Churchyard, Tollesbury, Essex. - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

This memorial was set up here very shortly after the end of the First World War and dedicated on St.George's Day 1919. Carved on it are the names of 48 men of Tollesbury who gave their lives in the conflict. There are a further 16 names of those from the Second World War round the base. The cross is made of timber painted black, the WWI name panels form the upper base, with a lower base forming the name and dedication panels for WWII. The whole is set up on a three set base of brick of three different shapes going from square at the top to circular at the bottom.

The WWI dedication and names are:-

           TO THE GLORY
      OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF   THE MEN OF TOLLESBURY   WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES    FOR ENGLAND 1914-1918

      William Charles Maskell	Thomas Walters	        John Johnson		Harold Clarke
    	      	  DSO MC	Sidney Mills		Thomas Batten	        William Hore
      Robert Humphrey Binney	William Lewis		William Wilshire	Charles Root
		      MC	Uriah Leavett		Thomas Pettican	        Edward Gurton
      Walter Ingate		George Rice		Herbert Spurgeon	Joseph Morrell MM
      Joseph Ingate		Frank Layzell		Harry Fenner		Archibald Lewis
      Fred Ingate		Louis Lewis		John Frost		Percy Cornick
      Gabriel Webb		Claud Denny		Frederick Redhouse	Alfred Page
      Harry Service		George Sheldrick	William Abbott	        George Farthing
      George Service		William Sheldrick	Ritchie Rice		Charles Mason
      Arthur Service		Walter Hazelwood	Robert Cowles		Ernest Brown MM
      William Clarke		Sidney Rose		William Francis	        James Drake

                                                      Frank Chatterson
                                                      Murray Rice

The WWII dedication and names are:-

      ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE     MEN OF TOLLESBURY WHO   GAVE THEIR LIVES        FOR ENGLAND 1939  1945

      Hubert Heard		James Lewis		Donald Bibby		
      Peter Heard		Frank Pettican		Nelson Coates		Their Bodies are Buried
      Julian Hortin		John Raven		Alfred Frost		in Peace but Their Name
      Mervyn Howe		Gerald Tatchell		Frederick Frost	        Liveth for Evermore
      Hector Ingate		Raymond White		Herbert Frost		
      Raymond King

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 04/23/1919 Private or Public Monument?: Other Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Tollesbury Parochial Church Council Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Physical Address of Monument: St.Mary the Virgin Church Street, Tollesbury, , Essex UK CM9 8QJ Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Website for this Monument: Not listed

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