Buckhurst Hill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 2016. War memorial.

Buckhurst Hill War Memorial

WRENN ID
dusk-railing-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Country
England
Date first listed
13 July 2016
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

MATERIALS: Limestone tablet and base, bronze plaque.

DESCRIPTION: Buckhurst Hill War Memorial is located outside St Stephen’s Church, Buckhurst Hill. It takes the form of a hooded limestone tablet framing a lancet shaped bronze plaque. A central projecting Latin cross rises from the apex of the tablet hood. On either side of the tablet is a small projecting limestone planter. The whole sits on a square three-stepped base.

The plaque records the names of the fallen below the principal dedicatory inscription TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE/ WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES/ FOR GOD AND THE RIGHT/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 12 January 2017.

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