Withersfield

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Reference WMO/239062

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Village Green

Withersfield

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: On the Green, Withersfield, a Latin cross on an obelisk atop a square plinth on a three stepped base in Portland stone. The south face of the obelisk is inscribed with the First World War dedication. Inscribed on the west-south and east faces of the plinth are the names of the men who died. The man from 1939-1945 is on the bottom step -south. Built by E.C.Green, the memorial was unveiled by Lieutenant H.Lake M.C. on the 12th August 1921 attended by the Rev. W.G.Hodges.
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(Sth face) IN MEMORY OF / THE GLORIOUS / SACRIFICE / OF THE MEN OF / WITHERSFIELD / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919. (lower face) // top step LET THOSE THAT COME AFTER // SEE THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN // top step :- 1939-1945 // (name)

South face ; - ARTHUR HAZELWOOD / ERNEST HAZELWOOD // ERNEST GEORGE JACOBS // FREDERICK JACOBS // CHARLES LOVEDAY On the East face ;- FREDERICK PAXMAN // ERNEST WM ROWLINSON // RONALD ERNEST SHANKS // HARRY SMITH // ERNEST WRIGHT West face ;- ERNEST BRADNAM // ARTHUR BROWN // HERBERT BROWN // ARTHUR DORKING // JOHN EVERETT. On the top step, South face:- REGINALD JEFFREY

Grade II (England)

1433917

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