Memorial

British Xylonite (Halex)

WW1 plaque

Source: Copyright Brian Mawdsley

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Current Location

Hale End Library, Castle Avenue, Highams Park, Waltham Forest, Greater London, E4 9QD, England

TQ 38666 91941

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 90634
Description: Two cast bronze plaques within bronze frames. The First World War plaque is topped by a laurel wreath in relief. Both inscriptions are in gilded capital lettering. There is also an associated note explaining the provenance of the two plaques.
Inscription: Explanatory note: The British Xylonite (Halex) War Memorial The British Xylonite (Halex) factory was a major feature of life in Highams Park from 1897 until the early 1970s. During both World Wars a number of men answered their country's call and joined the forces. Sadly a number lost their lives. A war memorial was erected in the grounds of the factory to honour their dead. In 1971 the war memorial plaques were taken to another Xylonite factory at Brantham in Suffolk for safe keeping. After a gap of nearly forty years these plaques were returned to Highams Park and unveiled in a ceremony at Hale End Library by the Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan Smith on 25th February 2011 as a permanent memorial to those brave men of The British Xylonite. WW1 plaque: IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE GALLANT/ MEN WHO LEFT THIS PLACE/ TO FIGHT IN THE CAUSE/ OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE/ AND WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 TO 1919/ (Names)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" WW2 plaque: IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES/ WHO DIED FOR THE SAME CAUSE/ DURING THE YEARS/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)

Plaques

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good