Memorial

Fordham

Column

Source: Copyright John Hendry

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Current Location

Church Road / Moat Road, Fordham, Colchester, Essex, CO6 3NE, England

TL 92884 28583

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Type of Memorial: Clock or clock tower
WMR Reference Number: 22366
Description: THIS MEMORIAL WAS FORMERLY A CLOCK SET WITHIN A STONE COLUMN. THE INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT FACE IN FORMED IN BLACK UPPER-CASE LETTERING FOR WORLD WAR ONE AND FOR WORLD WAR TWO. THE WHOLE MEMORIAL IS SET INTO A WALL. A CROSS WAS PLACED WHERE THE CLOCK FACE WAS ALTHOUGH IN 2025 THE CLOCK-FACE WAS PRESENT AGAIN (The clock face was replaced between October 2022 and January 2025) AT THE TOP OF THE COLUMN. THE MEMORIAL PARTIALLY SITES WITHIN IN A PRIVATE PROPERTY. A SEPARATE TABLET IS MOUNTED ON THE BASE OF THE MEMORIAL (erected in 2017) TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE GREAT WAR AND INCLUDED 12 ADDITIONAL MEN NOT INCLUDED ON THE ORIGINAL MEMORIAL.
Inscription: IN GRATEFUL / AND HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE FORDHAM MEN, / WHO FELL IN THE WAR, 1914 - 1918 / (18 names) / 1939 - 1945 / (4 names)/ (separate tablet) - TO COMMEMORATE THE/ CENTENARY/ OF THE GREAT WAR,/ THESE FORDHAM MEN/ ARE ALSO HONOURED (12 names)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 4
Died: 4
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: The 4th surname- John Albert Hewitt is out of order, and in a larger font so looks to have been added later

Maker(s): Messrs L J Watts Ltd., Sculptor
Frank William Clampin, Builder
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 1989: THE CLOCK WAS REPLACED AS IT WAS ALWAYS BREAKING DOWN 1995: CLEANED