Heybridge War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 2017. War memorial.

Heybridge War Memorial

WRENN ID: burning-frieze-bittern
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Maldon
Country: England
Date first listed: 22 June 2017
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

First World War Memorial unveiled in 1921.

MATERIALS: Portland limestone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located on Goldhanger road inside the front entrance of the cemetery. It is approximately 3m high and is in the form of a cross with a tapering shaft and chamfered edges. A stone relief sword is on the front. It is supported by a two-tier octagonal base upon which rests an octagonal plinth, the front face of which is inscribed: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOUR OF THE / MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL DURING THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 WE WILL REMEMBER THEM’. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the other faces of the plinth. There are three stone tablets affixed to the base. The central one is inscribed: ‘AND THOSE KILLED/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945’, and the flanking tablets bear the names of the fallen.

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