Memorial
7th Battalion Essex Regiment, 3rd East Anglian Field Ambulance, 59th (7th Essex) HAA Regt RA TA
Cross.
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Current Location
Outside barracks, Territorial Army Barracks, Lea Bridge Road, Whipps Cross, Waltham Forest, Greater London, E17 3PA, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 38702 88837
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 12559
- Description
- CELTIC CROSS SURMOUNTING A PLINTH WITH INSCRIPTION ON ONE FACE. RAILINGS AROUND CROSS
- Inscription
- TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ OUR COMRADES OF THE/ 7TH BATTALION/ THE ESSEX REGIMENT(T)/ AND THE/ 3RD EAST ANGLIAN/ FIELD AMBULANCE RAMC (T)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ AND OF THE/ 59TH (THE ESSEX REGIMENT)/ HAA ARTILLERY/ ROYAL ARTILLERY REGIMENT (TA)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ WE ARE THE DEAD./ TO YOU WITH FAILING HANDS/ WE THROW THE TORCH;/ BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Information shown
- regiment
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Information shown
- regiment
Components
- Cross
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good