Grays War Memorial

Front side: (Inscribed in stone) 1939-1945 (Engraved on Brass plate)This monument is erected in the/ year 1920 by the grateful inhabitants/ of Grays to the immortal memory/ of their brave fellow-townsmen who/ answering the call of duty left home and kindred in order to defend the/ Empire and the Cause of Justice and/ especially to those whose names are/ inscribed on these tablets, who lost/ their lives whilst serving in the/ armed forces of the Crown and in/ the Mercantile Marine during the/ Great War 1914-1918/'On fame's eternal camping ground/their silent tents are spread/and Glory guards with solemn round/this bivouac of the dead'//Left side: (Inscribed in stone in descending order) Mons/ Ypres/ Somme/ Aisne/ Italy/Gallipoli/Mesopotamia (Large Copper plaque) WW1 names/(Black plate) WW2 names/ (Small Copper plaque) Korean name //Right side: Inscribed in stone in descending order) Kut/ Gaza/ Salonika/ Jerusalem/ Jutland/ Zeebrugge/ Falkland Islands (Large Copper plaque) WW1 names (Small Brown plate) WW2 names //Two separate smaller stones of remembrance to Burma in WW2 and National Servicemen

WW1 , ABBOTT A.T. , ABRAMS W.C. , ALDWINCKLE H. , AMBROSE F.B. , ANIOS F.A , ASLETT H.C. , BABBS W.J. , BAILEY W.D. , BAKER F.D. , BAKER J. , BAKER A.E , BALDWIN H.H. , BANNISTER S.J. , BARKER W.W. , BARTLETT J.H. , BARTON L. , BARTON F. , BAYFORD W.P. , BEADLE E. , BEARD P.J. , BECKWITH C.E. , BEENEY S.L. , BENSON J. , BESTALL E.D. , BIRCH W. , BISHOP A. , BLESENE E.J.W , BOSTON W.D. , BOSTON E.W.H. , BOYLE H. , BRAGG A.S. , BRANDER H. , BROOK F. , BROOK R.E. , BROWN R. , BROWNING C.J. , BROYD E.J. , BRUCE J. , BULLOCK W.J. , BUTLER W.J. , BYRON A , CAMPION C.P. , CAPRON T.H.O. , CARNELL J. , CARTER J. , CHAPMAN A.E. , CHATTING W. , CHEESEMAN W.T. , CHOPPEN L.T. , CLARKE J. , CLARK A.F. , CLARKE W.J. , CLAYDON W.J. , CLAYDON H.A. , CLEMENTS W. , CLIFFEN C.J. , COKER E.E. , COLLINS P.J. , COLLINS C.A , COLLIS A. , COLMER J.G. , COPLESTONE F.L. , COSBY G. A. , COTTIS G.I. , COTTIS H.C. , CRABB A. , CRAWLEY J. , CROOKS B.D. , CROOKS H. , CUCKOW J.E.J. , CURTIS W.J. , DALEY M.M. F.W. , DANIELS A.V. , DAVIES G. , DAVIS G.W.T. , DENNIS A.H. , DENNIS F. , DISS L.F. , DORNER W. , DORNER F. , DRISCOLL S.G. , DUNN R. , EMBERSON F.H. , ENGLAND C.J. , EVANS D. , FACER F.W. , FAIRHOLM A. , FARAWAY S.V. , FARR A.J. , FARR A.E. , FLACK R.J. , FLEMING A. , GANT W. , GAYLOR E. J. , GIBBS H.P. , GIGGINS E.J. , GILL J.F. , GILSON F. , GILSON J.H. , GODMAN E.J. , GODMAN W.A. , GOLDSPRING J. B. , GOMER C.E. , GOODMAN E.J. , GOODRUM R.W. , GOODY A. , GORE R. C. , GOWER J. W. , GRAHAM D. , GRAVES J. , GREEN H. , GREEN W.E. , GROUT F.J. , HARDING H. J. , HARRINGTON P. , HARRIS S.G. , HARRIS E. , HARRIS S.H. , HARVEY F. , HARVEY P.P. , HARVEY E.M. , HARVEY E.P. , HERRINGTON W.H.G. , HEYMER W.E. , HEYMER G. R. , HIBBIN P.A. , HIDE H. , HILLS J.W. , HILLS T. , HINES H. , HINES H.J. , HIRST A. , HOBBS F. , HOLE D. , HONEY H.G. , HORNCASTLE E.H. , HOWES A. , HOWES H. , HUCKLE G. , HUDSON E.J. , HUDSON T. , HUGHES A.H. , HURST A. , HURST M.M. F. , HURST J. , HYDE W.F. , INGLE S.H. , JACKSON P. , JACKSON H. , JAGGARD C.H. , JOHNSON A.G. , JONES E.J. , JONES C. , JONES A. , KEELING O.J. , KELLY J.J. , KEMP S. S. J. , KENNEDY J. , KENNEDY W. , KEYES H.J. , KING W.G. , KNIGHT H.C. , KNIGHTS L. J. S. , KNOWLES A.E. , KNOWLES M.M. L. A. , LAST J.W. , LAST A.H. , LAW A.T. , LAYBOURNE J.J. , LEACH F. , LENIHAN W. , LETHBY E.E. , LEWIS C.W. , LEWIS E. , LINDSAY R. J. , LINDSAY W.C. , LINZELL J. , LONG F.G. , LORD S. , LOW F. , LOWE W.D. , MACDONALD A. , MAUDLIN C. , MEARS W. , MICHELL R.E. , MICHELL D. R. , MILLER A. , MILLER G.R. , MITCHAM C.C. , MITCHELL H.C. , MITCHELL W.J. , MONK E.C. , MORGAN D.G. , MORRELL T.D. , NEAL B. , NICHOLLS A.E. , NORTH A.F. , NORTON J. , OLSEN C. , PARKER C. , PARKER F. , PARKER H. , PAVITT H.E , PAXMAN S.H. , PAYNE G. , PENTECOST L.D. , PERFITT F. J. , PETTINGILL F. C. , PITTS G.H. , POLLARD J. , POLLEY W. H. , POLLEY F.C. , PONTNEY G. , PRATT L. , PRENTIS S.T. , PRYER A.T. , QUIDDINGTON O.L. , RAMSEY R. C. , RATE R.A. , RAY A.G. , RAYMENT W. , RAYMENT M.M. A. W. , READ W. , REDSHAW H. , REED W. , REEVE F. , RICHARDS T. , ROSS J. , ROUS T.L. , ROUSE W. , ROWE H. , RUSHEN C. E. , SALMON F.J. , SAVAGE H.O. , SAXBY G. , SAYER E.E. , SCALES W.T. , SCOTT A.W. , SEABROOKE A. , SHIPMAN A.H. , SILVERWOOD H.F. , SIMPSON W.G. , SIMS J.H. , SKILTON V.A. , SLATTERY D.V. , SMITH H.H. , SMITH H.S. , SMITH F.W. , SMITH W.J. , SMITH I. N. , SMITH P.W. , SMITH W.T. , SMITH W.T. , SMITHSON C.W. , SPARKS F.C. , STAMMERS W. H. , STANLEY G.W. , STANLEY T.J. , STEER I. , STEPHENSON A. , STILLAWAY W. , STILLAWAY A.C. , STILLAWAY A.G. , STOKES H.J. , STONE P.H. , STONE J. , SUTCLIFFE T.E. , SUTTON T.W. , TAPSELL T.E. , TARGETT J.H. , TEDMAN W. , TEMPLER J.H. , THOMAS W.E. , THORPE R.W. , TOKELEY F.W. , TOMKINS S. , TOMKINS R.E. , TOOLEY W. , TURNER S.B. , TWIN A.S. , TYLER J.A. , TYLER S.W. , TYRRELL F. , VAUGHAN C. F. F. , WAKEFIELD J.S. , WAKEFIELD A.J. , WALEING C. , WALKER A.C. , WARREN W.C. , WARREN W.E. , WARRINGTON F. , WATKINS W.C. , WEBB W. M. , WEST F. W. , WHITE A. , WHITE H. , WHITE R.J. , WHITEHEAD J. , WHITELEY F. J. , WHITWELL A.C. , WIGGINS A. A. , WILDEN G.H. , WILDEN E.J. , WILSON J.F. , WILSON R.J. , WOOD G.J. , WOOD A.W. , WOOLLARD W. C. , WORDLEY A. W. L. , WRIGHT W.S. , WW2, ALLEN A.G. PTE , ARCHER E.A. SGT , ASHDOWN S.S. PTE , AUSTIN A.J.G. GNR , BARRELL H A.B. , BLOSS G SGT , BRANDON H.P. PTE , BURLES H GNR , BUSH R.H. 2nd ENG , CARTER D.A. TPR , CASKIN W.E. DVR , CAYFORD A.W. F.O. , CLOUT C.C. A.B. , COTTIS W.L. A.B. , CROOKS S.E. SGT , FARLEY A. PTE , FINN P. M.N. , FLANAGAN J. STK , FOSTER W.L. GRSR , HILLS A. GNR , HOLLANDS A. CPL , JOSLING L.A. P.O. , KNIGHT F. GNR , LEGG A.L. SGT , MANSFIELD S. FLT. SGT , MARTIN G.A.L. A.B. , O'DONNELL E.A. PTE , OTTLEY H.P. SGT , PHELAN D.A. SGT , POTTER R.H. GNR , RAYMENT A.C. FRM , RAYMENT J.W. G.C. , RAYMENT M.W. GNR , RAYMENT R.C. SGT , REVELL R.P. SGLm , RICHARDSON P.A. PTE , RICHARDSON W.H. PTE , SPENCER M.F. SGT , THOMPSON D.F.C. E.W. LT , THORNE S. RFM , TYLER J. PTE , WAKEFIELD C.T. A.B. , WAKEFIELD R.W. O.S. , WAKEFIELD R.W. PTE , WALKER S.T. O.S. , WARREN C.A. A.C.I. , WHITE E.W. SGT , WHITE W.L. SGT , WHYMARK D.S.O. D.F.C. J.P. FLT LT , WICKING C.C. CBN BY , WILLIAMSON M.W.A. A.C.I. , CHALLIS J.F. , COOK D.G. , CROOKS L.A. , DAVIS W.T. , FRANCIS E.G. , GIBBS S.E. , HORNING J.H. , HOWARD S.V. , HUGHES E.A. , HUGHES R.E. , JENKINS F.E. , JORDAN R.G. , MARTIN G.A.L. , PARKER C.A. , ROSE J. , SMITH C.A. , SMITH T.O. , TERRY A.T. , TYLER W.J. , KOREAN WAR BREWER R.