Memorial

Brightlingsea

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Current Location

Victoria Place, Brightlingsea, Tendring, Essex, CO7 0EB, England

TM 08617 16809

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Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 2091
Description: A cenotaph with rectangular sculptured relief panels on the 6 and 12 o'clock faces. Names are on bronze plaques on the 3 and 9 o'clock faces. The whole stands on a stepped base and is set within a paved area which is approached by paths forming a Geneva cross. Relief on the 6 o'clock face is of three sailors and the relief on the 12 o'clock face is of three helmeted soldiers. Name plaques are topped by laurel wreaths.
Inscription: (3 and 9 o'clock faces): (Names) (At the top - 6 o'clock face): IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE (At the top -12 o'clock face): THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR (At bottom of the 6 and 12 o'clock faces): 1914 - 1918 (On bronze relief - 6 o'clock face): DUTY AND LOVE OF FREEDOM (On bronze relief - 12 o'clock face): SELF-SACRIFICE FOR HONOUR (Small plaques - 12 o'clock face): 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ (Names)

Maker(s): Captain R. R. Goulden, Sculptor
Costs: £600.00
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Land given without cost by Mr. W.I. Osborn.

Unveiled

20 October 1921

Brigadier-General F.W. Towsey, CMG, CBE, DSO.