Memorial

Essex Yeomanry WW2 Chelmsford Cathedral

Alabaster tablet commemorating Essex Yeomanry in WW2 Chelmsford Cathedral

Source: Copyright Clive Farmer

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Current Location

Inside the church, Chelmsford Cathedral, Chelmer Court Church Street, Chelmsford, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1NS, England

TL 70824 06957

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 69795
Description: A rectangular alabaster tablet , the sides and bottom edges straight , the top edge with both convex and concave curves . all with a simple raised border . At top the badge of the Essex Yeomanry in full colour below that the dedication incised and coloured black
Inscription: THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/IN PROUD AND HONOURED MEMORY/ OF ALL RANKS OF THE/ ESSEX YEOMANRY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ AND ALSO/ IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE REGIMENT/ AND RETURNED SAFELY/ 104 ESSEX YEOMANRY REGT R.H.A./ 414 ESSEX YEOMANRY BATTERY R.H.A./ 147 ESSEX YEOMANRY FIELD REGT R.A./ 191 HERTS & ESSEX YEOMANRY FIELD REGT. R.A./ WESTERN DESERT OF EGYPT LIBYA SIEGE OF TOBRUK/ BURMA 1942 ITALY NORTH WEST EUROPE 1944-1945

Tablet

Made from: Alabaster

Condition: Good