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    Memorial

    Hornchurch WWI and WW2 Memorial Cross

    Inscription

    Source: Copyright Francis Mullan

    1/8

    Current Location

    St Andrews Church, High Street, Hornchurch, Havering, Greater London, RM12 6QP, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 54410 86974

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    11999
    Description
    A cross rising from a base with niches, on an hexagonal plinth carrying dark marble name tablets.
    Inscription
    THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ THESE, AT THE CALL OF/ KING & COUNTRY, LEFT/ ALL THAT WAS DEAR/ TO THEM, ENDURED/ HARDNESS, FACED DANGER, /AND FINALLY PASSED OUT/ OF THE SIGHT OF MEN/ BY THE PATH OF DUTY/ AND SELF-SACRIFICE:/ GIVING UP THEIR OWN/ LIVES THAT OTHERS/ MAY LIVE IN FREEDOM./ LET THOSE WHO COME/ AFTER SEE THAT THEIR/ NAMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN./ THEY WERE A WALL UNTO/ US BY BOTH NIGHT AND BY/ DAY.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    200
    Died
    200
    Information shown
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maker(s)
    • SIR CHARLES A. NICHOLSON, Designer

    Costs
    £500

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    27 March 1921

    Major Lord O' Hagan

    Dedicated

    27 March 1921

    Bishop Suffragan of Colchester

    Dedicated

    January 2017

    Unknown, names added

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1480701

    Architectural details

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1480701

    Steps

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1480701

    Base

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1480701

    Plaques / Panels with names

    Made from: Metal


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1480701

    • Cherry, Bridget and others, Buildings of England: London 5 - East (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005), p.177.
    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • Essex Chronicle, Friday 1 April 1921.
    • Local Publication/Booklet 1920 Hornchurch during the Great War. Charles Thomas Perfect