Great Braxted and Wickham Bishops War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 2017. War memorial.

Great Braxted and Wickham Bishops War Memorial

WRENN ID
calm-dormer-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maldon
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 2017
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Tall hexagonal stone pillar, topped by a orb and incised cross. This stands atop a three-step hexagonal plinth; the top two steps each bear inscriptions in black lettering. They read - left (upper): TO THE HONOUR OF / THE MEN OF GT. BRAXTED / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR KING AND COUNTRY.; left (lower): (names); top (upper): TO THE MEMORY OF OUR SON / CHARLES OSCAR WILSON / LIEUT. 5TH. BATT. ESSEX REGT. / KILLED IN ACTION BEFORE GAZA. / PALESTINE ON THE EVENING OF / MARCH 26TH 1917. AGE 23.; top (lower): GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR / HIS FRIENDS ST JOHN CH15 V13; right, front (upper): TO THE HONOUR OF / THE MEN OF WICKHAM BISHOPS / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR KING AND COUNTRY / (names); right, front (lower): (names); right, back (upper): TO THE / MEMORY OF THE MEN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WAR OF / 1939 - 1945; right, back (lower): (names).

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