Memorial

Pitsea and Bowers Gifford

cSusan Hemmings

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Howard Park, Howard Crescent, Pitsea, Basildon, Essex, SS13 2AA, England

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TQ 74178 88249

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast figure
WMR Reference Number: 22633
Description: FIGURE OF YOUNG WOMAN WITH LAUREL BRANCH IN ONE HAND AND FLAMED TORCH IN OTHER. FIGURE STANDS ON SQUARE PLINTH WHICH BEARS NAMES AND INSCRIPTION. Howard Park itself was presented by Mr Howard to Billericay Urban District Council [predecessor until 1974 to Basildon Borough Council] as open space, and conveyed in 1951. It is unclear from the information available whether this was as a WW2 memorial, hence why the park has not been assigned it's own record number.
Inscription: Face 1: TO THE GLORIOUS/MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF PITSEA/AND BOWERS GIFFORD/WHO FELL IN THE/GREAT WAR/1914-1918/____/AT THE GOING DOWN/OF THE SUN/AND IN THE MORNING/WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/____/THEIR NAME LIVETH/FOR EVERMORE/____/IN REMEMBRANCE OF/LOCAL COMRADES WHO FELL/IN THE 1939-1945 CONFLICT//AND ALL SUBSEQUENT CONFLICTS Face 2: PITSEA/[names] Face 3: THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY/H.C. HOWARD/OF BLUE HOUSE, PITSEA/1928/ALSO/TO THE MEMORY OF/[names]/WHO FELL IN ACTION/1914-1918 Face 4: BOWERS GIFFORD/[names]

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 19
Died: 19
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, additional
Order of names: home village THEN surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

History

Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: Harold George Howard, "a generous benefactor to the community", and founder of Howard's Dairies

Ceremonies

Unveiled

18 November 1928

Sir Beachcroft Towse VC KCVO CBE

Dedicated

18 November 1928

Revds Ernest William Grevatt, Joseph B Brightman and H Stevens

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