Memorial

Brentwood, Great Warley, Little Warley, Shenfield, Hutton and South Weald

WW1 Memorial Cross

Source: Andrew Harris

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Current Location

Junction between Shenfield Road (A1023) and Middleton Hall Lane, Brentwood, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 8AB, England

TQ 60058 94140

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 22083
Description: Traffic island garden. WW1 memorial central within garden. Stone cross mounted on four octagonal stone steps. Top three steps bear metal plaques with names. WW2 memorial. Wall parallel with Shenfield Road with 17 metal plaques with names. Since 1946 Memorial. Stone block, with inscription, positioned between two stone benches.
Inscription: WW1 - A TRIBUTE TO/ THE MEN OF/ BRENTWOOD/ GT AND LITTLE/ WARLEY HUTTON/ SHENFIELD AND/ SOUTH WEALD/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES FOR/ GOD KING AND/ COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ AND WHOSE/ NAMES ARE/ HERE INSCRIBED./ (Names)/ "LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET LEST WE FORGET LEST WE FORGET PASS NOT THIS STONE IN SORROW BUT IN PRIDE AND MAY YOU LIVE AS NOBLY AS THEY DIED". WW2 - TO THE FALLEN 1939 - 1945 (Names). SINCE 1946 - Remember With Pride And Gratitude / All Those Fallen / In The Service Of The Crown In War/ And Conflicts Since 1946 / (Plaque with ceremony details ) / We Will Remember Them. Walls: TO THE FALLEN 1939-1945/ (Names) Two Memorial Benches have also been provided to commemorate the centenary of the 1914-1918 War