Clavering War Memorial

Clavering War Memorial is a First World War memorial erected in 1921. It is made of rough hewn grey granite blocks with a tooled finish, and it has a foundation slab of Yorkshire stone. The memorial stands in front of the east-facing former Congregational Chapel.

The memorial takes the form of a monolith resting on a plinth, approximately 2.5 meters high. The stones are arranged in a haphazard manner and heavily scored in places, topped with a triangular-shaped capstone. On the front (east side) of the memorial, there is a tall white Sicilian marble panel inlaid with the cross of sacrifice and crown of victory. The inscription on this panel reads: ‘1914-1919/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF CLAVERING/ WHO WENT FORTH TO/ THE GREAT WAR/ AND RETURNED NOT AGAIN [their names]/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE’. The back (west side) of the memorial features a small tablet with the inscription: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN MEMORY OF/ [their names]/ WORLD WAR 1939-1945’.