Memorial

Men and Women of Hockley and District

Source: Copyright Paul Jones

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Current Location

Royal British Legion Hall, 1, White Hart Lane, Hockley, Rochford, Essex, SS5 4DQ, England

TQ 84623 92387

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 22737
Description: THREE TABLETS SET INTO NICHE OF EXTERNAL WALL.
Inscription: CENTRAL WHITE STONE TABLET: TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE/ MEN AND WOMEN/ OF/ HOCKLEY & DISTRICT/ WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE/ 1914-1918 & 1939-1945/ THEY SHALL NOT GROW (SIC) OLD/ AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD./ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM,/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN./ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN,/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM LEFT HAND MEMORIAL TABLET: IN HONOUR OF/ ALL WHO DIED/ FOR FREEDOM IN THE/ FIRST WORLD WAR/ AMONGST WHOM WERE/ THESE MEN FROM/ HOCKLEY & HAWKWELL PARISHES/ (NAMES) RIGHT HAND MEMORIAL TABLET: IN HONOUR OF/ ALL WHO DIED/ FOR FREEDOM IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ AMONGST WHOM WERE/ THESE MEN FROM HOCKLEY & HAWKWELL PARISHES/ (NAMES)

Rededicated

11 November 1999

Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Unknown

Tablets

Made from: Marble - Black