Memorial
Lieutenant A S Lloyd and the Fallen of Boyton Hall Estate and Boyton Cross (LOST)
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Shrine
- WMR Reference Number
- 96502
- Description
- A war shrine, made of teak and copper from the old warship HMS Britannia.
- Inscription
- (The precise wording of the inscription and the details of who was named upon it are unknown. All that is known is that the shrine was reported to commemorate Lieutenant Alan Scrivener Lloyd of the Royal Field Artillery and also those from the Boyton Hall Estate and Boyton Cross who had died).
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Information shown
- Unknown
- Sponsor Type
- private
- Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
- The shrine was given by Mrs. Reginald Christy of Boyton Hall, in memory of Lieutenant Alan Lloyd. R.F.A.. and the fallen from the Boyton Estate and Boyton Cross.
Ceremonies
Unveiled
9 August 1918
Lady Petre performed the unveiling
Dedicated
9 August 1918
The Chaplain of the 1st Cadet, Essex Regiment performed the dedication
Components
- Shrine
Made from: Wood - Teak
Condition: Lost
- Chelmsford Chronicle Friday 16/8/1918 reported on page 4: "ROXWELL. War Shrine.—On Friday last a beautiful war shrine, made of teak and copper from the old warship Britannia, and given by Mrs. Reginald Christy, of Boyton Hall, in memory of Lieut. Alan Lloyd. R.F.A.. and those fallen from the Boyton Estate and Boyton Cross, was unveiled by Lady Petre. She was met at the entrance of the drive to the Hall (where the shrine stands) by Mr., Mrs., and Miss Christy. A guard of honour, formed by the 1st Cadet. Essex Regt., under Major Challis, was drawn up. The Chaplain of the Battalion read the prayers and dedicated the shrine, and the "Last Post" was sounded. Lady Petre said she felt it an honour to have been asked to unveil the memorial to the brave men who had made the great sacrifice". https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000322/19180816/032/0004
- https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1264969 . Little Boyton Hall (at the entrance to whose drive the shrine was installed in 1918) was Grade II Listed 19/6/1975.
- Essex Archives Online: Catalogue reference D/F 63/1/34/20; Sales Catalogue dated 16/7/1920, re The Boyton Hall Estate: "The Boyton Hall Estate, Roxwell comprising Great Boyton Hall Farm, a freehold property with residence with 7 bedrooms, stables, gardens with thatched summerhouse, farm premises including mill house and cow house, blacksmith's shop, bailiff's cottage, gardener's cottage, White Gate Cottages, Batemans Cottages and 491 acres; Little Boyton Hall, with farmhouse, garden, cottage, 4 cottages known as Greenwich Row, Oak Cottage, farm premises and 295 acres; 3 acres of pasture land, Roxwell; Hankins Wood, Buttsbury 5 acres of freehold woodland; Cockshill Wood, Stock, 9 acres of freehold woodland". https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/result_details.aspx?ThisRecordsOffSet=12&id=852169