Chelmsford Chronicle Friday 3/12/1920 reported: 'LITTLE BARDFIELD. War Memorial - At a parish meeting on Friday it was resolved that a suitable tablet be placed in the Parish Church'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000516/19201203/075/0007

The Essex Newsman reported on Saturday 17/6/1922: 'LITTLE BARDFIELD. War Memorial.—On Sunday morning the tablet to the memory of Little Bardfield men who fell in the war was unveiled by Mrs. Letts and dedicated. The tablet is of marble, and upon It are inscribed the names of the twelve heroes. It is framed in oak, artistically carved and adorned, bearing the Royal Arms above, emblematical flags furled and draped at the sides, and the ancient symbol of Christ, as borne on the standards of the Emperor Constantine, below. Mr. S. Letts, of Little Bardfield Hall, was the designer, assisted by Mr. Heal, successor to the late Mr. Creed. The wood-carving was beautifully done by Messrs. Herbert Shaw and A. Bischoff (an Alsatian by origin), under the supervision of Mr Letts and the manager of the London workshop. The parish is deeply grateful to Mr. Letts and his family for the production of so worthy a memorial'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000381/19220617/041/0004

The War Memorials Trust's record of this memorial can be found at https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/69579/ , including details of the grant of £350 that they made in 2004, toward the cleaning and polishing of the memorial, following which it was rededicated by Bishop Ambrose Weeks on 11th November 2004. (see http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=159 ).

"Lest We Forget: The First World War Memorials of Uttlesford District", published by Recorders of Uttlesford History, 2014; ISBN 978-1-873669-14-3, pages 8 and 9, record the memorial (including details of its restoration in 2004), and give some biographical details of the 12 men commemorated on it.

Details of the Grade I listing of the Church can be found at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1306257