Memorial

Starling Leeze Recreation Ground (also known as Coggeshall Recreation Ground)

Rear / WW2 face of memorial

Source: Andrew Harris

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Current Location

Starling Leeze Recreation Ground (also known as Coggeshall Recreation Ground) Ground, East Street, Coggeshall, Braintree, Essex, CO6 1UR, England

TL 85394 22624

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Type of Memorial: Park / Sports field
WMR Reference Number: 22101
Description: SPORTS GROUND AND PLAYING FIELD WITH WINGED VICTORY IN BRONZE STANDING ON AN ORB AND HOLDING ALOFT A TRUMPET AND WREATH. ON TALL SQUARE GRANITE PEDESTAL AND SQUARE PLINTH. SURROUNDED BY RAILINGS. The memorial also marks the location of a crater caused by a high explosive bomb which was dropped from a German aircraft, FF29 number 203, piloted by Oberleutnant-zur-See Prondzynski, on 21 February 1915. The recreation ground and monument, erected on the ground’s southern side and adjacent to East Street, were conceived together to commemorate the men of Coggeshall who died during the First World War. The railings which surround the memorial were erected after 1920. Originally the railing sails were topped with gold-painted fleur-de-lys, but these were removed following vandalism.
Inscription: front face - (79 names)/ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED, AND THE GROUND/ PURCHASED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION, AS A/ THANK OFFERING FOR VICTORY, AND IN EVER LOVING/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF GREAT AND LITTLE COGGESHALL/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 rear face -/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ GREAT AND LITTLE COGGESHALL/ WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (20 names)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 20
Died: 20
Information shown: forename / forename initials, surname, rank
Additional Information: In 2009 restoration work was undertaken and one name was added to the Second World War list of servicemen - originally 19