Memorial

Waltham Abbey

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Inside church at the west end, The Abbey Church of the Holy Cross & St Lawrence, Highbridge Street, Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest, Essex, EN9 1DJ, England

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TL 38118 00657

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Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 2235
Description: Large castellated polished marble tablet with further tablet inset and framed rosso antico marble with a surround of sicilian, with inlaid crosses in sienna and tinos. Enclosed within a raised dais, base and rails.
Inscription: (Across top): Lest We Forget (MAIN TABLET): THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN GRATEFUL AND REVERENTIAL REMEMBRANCE OF THE / LOFTY PATRIOTISM, COURAGEOUS SERVICE AND NOBLE SELF-SACRIFICEOF THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS / AND MEN OF THE ARMY AND SEAMEN OF THE ROYAL NAVY FROM THE PARISH WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION / DIED OF WOUNDS OR DISEASE OR WERE DROWNED DURING THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 TO 1918 / THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH REV. XII, 2 / THESE NOBLY PLAYED THEIR PARTS, THESE HEARD THE CALL FOR GOD AND KING AND HOME. THESE GAVE THEIR ALL / ALL YE WHO PASS IN QUEST OF PEACEFUL HOURS, STREW HERE THE FRAGRANCE OF MEMORIAL FLOWERS, / BEHOLD THE PRICE AT WHICH THESE HOURS WERE BOUGHT, THE SILENT TRIBUTE OF A GRATEFUL THOUGHT (INSET TABLET): ALL THEY HAD HOPED FOR, ALL THEY HAD, THEY GAVE / (NAMES) / BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE. REV. II, 10

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 183
Died: 183
Information shown: Initials, surname
Order of names: Alphabetical by surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 51
Died: 51
Information shown: Initial, surname
Order of names: Alphabetically

Maker(s): Local Clergy/Dignitaries, Designer
J W HANCHETT, Mason
Sponsored By: Parochial church council

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