War Memorial St Mary the Virgin Church

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Reference WMO/251462

Address:

St Mary the Virgin Church

St Marys Place

Brook Street

Little Dunmow

CM6 3HX

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Stained glass window
Materials:
  • Glass Stained Glass
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Single lancet stained glass window depicting crucifixion of Christ. Set in a mural painted wall which features a decorative blue-green floral pattern. Painted flags surmount the window and two painted shield scrolls with names of those who served flank the lower sides. A shield painted with the names of the fallen and the union flag is under the window. Dedicated for the dead which is a painted memorial designed by Florence Burnett of Grantham, executed by Messrs. W. Perry Leach & Sons of Cambridge, sadly spoilt by the ingress of water from a fractured downpipe and scheduled for restoration in 1994. 2. Dedicated for those that served, a parchment roll of honour from WWI. This is mounted on the wall together with the slate tablet relating to both World Wars donated by the Parish Council. These plaques and parchment roll are located inside the St Mary the Virgin Church, commemorate the people of the parish who were killed or missing in WWI (7 names) and WWII (3 names) and those who fought.
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"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the Sun and in the morning, we WILL remember them."

War Dead: WWI Little Dunmow 1914 – 1918 Herbert John Saint Aubrey "Jack" Davies Davies, attended Felsted School 1913-1918 (Flight Cadet, RAF, 1900-1918) Edward 'George' Perry (Private, 9th Norfolks, 1898-1918) Arthur Saines (Private, 11th Borders, 1894-1917) Percy 'William' Saines (Private, 11th Northamptons, 1896-1917) Oscar Samuel Sewell (Private, 5th Essex (T), 1896-1917) Thomas Doe. Sewell (private, 10th Suffolks, 1883-1916) Richard Forman Tomlinson Organist at St Mary's Church, Little Dunmow (Gunner, 'G' battery Royal Horse Artillery, 1889-1896) War Dead: WWII: Ernest Walter Bright (Gunner, 94th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, 1922-43) Hubert Kitchener Webb (Serjeant, Royal Engineers,1916-45) Victor Wilks (Private, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion of the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 1920-44)

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