Tilbury Clock Tower War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Thurrock local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 October 2020. Clock tower, memorial.
Tilbury Clock Tower War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- distant-rampart-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thurrock
- Constituency
- Thurrock MP: Jen Craft (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 October 2020
- Type
- Clock tower, memorial
- Address
- Tilbury Clock Tower War Memorial, Civic Square, Essex, RM18 8ZZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 643 762
- Coordinates
- 51.46161, 0.36465
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tilbury Clock Tower War Memorial is a First World War memorial that also commemorates those who served in the Second World War, the Malaysian Emergency, and the Falklands Conflict.
Constructed from painted limestone, the memorial features bronze plaques. It is a tall square tower adorned with Roman Ionic corner pilasters that support a deep entablature. The tower is set on a low pedestal and topped with a block that has a round clock face on each side, finished with a ball finial.
On the front face of the pedestal, the inscription reads: "MAY JUSTICE MERCY & PEACE/ PREVAIL AMONG THE NATIONS." There are two additional bronze plaques on the pedestal. The first plaque states: "FOR YOUR TOMORROW WE/ GAVE OUR TODAY. AT/ THE GOING DOWN OF THE/ SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM." The second plaque honors local servicemen and women, stating: "IN HONOURED MEMORY TO/ LOCAL SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ FREEDOM AND PEACE IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-18./ SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45./ MALAYA 1950 AND FALKLAND 1982."
The memorial is located in a paved area in front of the municipal buildings in Civic Square.
Local climate
Tilbury Clock Tower War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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