Memorial

St Mary's Church, Tollesbury - Cross

Inscription on plinth

Source: Andrew Harris

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Current Location

St Mary's Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Maldon, Essex, CM9 8QJ, England

TL 95621 10372

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 22541
Description: THREE-STEPPED BRICK BASE SURMOUNTED BY DOUBLE WOODEN PLINTH AND CROSS. INSCRIPTION CARVED ONTO THE CROSS AND PLINTH
Inscription: Top of cross "INRI"/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ MEN OF TOLLESBURY/ 1914-1919/ ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF TOLLESBURY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR ENGLAND/ 1939-1945/ (bottom of plinth) THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

Cross

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

Base

Made from: Brick

Condition: Good

Carter Postcard Collection
NAMES LIST- 1914 – 1918 WILLIAM ABBOTT, THOMAS BATTEN, ERNEST BROWN, ROBERT HUMPHREY BINNEY, FRANK CHATTERSON, HAROLD CLARKE, WILLIAM CLARKE, PERCY CORNICK, ROBERT COWLES, CLAUDE DENNY, JAMES DRAKE, GEORGE FARTHING, HARRY FENNER, WILLIAM FRANCIS, JOHN FROST, EDWARD GURTON, WALTER HAZELWOOD, WILLIAM HORE, FRED INGATE, JOSEPH INGATE, WALTER INGATE, JOHN JOHNSON, FRANK LAYZELL, LOUIS LEWIS, SIDNEY MILLS, ARCHIBALD LEWIS, WILLIAM LEWIS, URIAH LEAVETT, WILLIAM CHARLES MASKELL, CHARLES MASON, JOSEPH MORRELL, ALFRED PAGE, THOMAS PETTICAN, FREDERICK REDHOUSE, RITCHIE RICE, GEORGE RICE, MURRAY RICE, CHARLES ROOT SIDNEY ROSE, ARTHUR SERVICE, GEORGE SERVICE, HARRY SERVICE, GEORGE SHELDRICK, WILLIAM SHELDRICKHERBERT SPURGEON, THOMAS WALTERS, GABRIEL WEBB, WILLIAM WILSHIRE 1939 - 1945 DONALD BIBBY, NELSON COATES, ALFRED FROST, FREDERICK FROST, HERBERT FROST,HUBERT HEARD, PETER HEARD, JULIAN HORTIN, MERVYN HOWE, HECTOR INGATE, RAYMOND KING, JAMES LEWIS, FRANK PETTICANJOHN RAVEN, GERALD TATCHELL, RAYMOND WHITE