Upminster War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Havering local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 2016. War memorial.
Upminster War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- upper-loft-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Havering
- Constituency
- Hornchurch and Upminster MP: Julia Lopez (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Upminster War Memorial, St Laurence Church, Corbets Tey Road, RM14 2BB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 559 864
- Coordinates
- 51.5556, 0.24868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Upminster War Memorial is located in a paved area next to Corbets Tey Road, at the eastern end of the churchyard of the Church of St Laurence, which is a Grade I listed building. The memorial features a Celtic cross made of Portland stone, which stands on a tapering square plinth that is raised on a three-stepped base made of York stone. The front of the cross is adorned with detailed interlace carvings, while the back displays a reversed sword carved in low relief.
The plinth has dark stone plaques on its faces. The main dedicatory inscription on the front reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE OF UPMINSTER WHO FELL IN THE TWO WORLD WARS 1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945 AND SUBSEQUENT CONFLICTS THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY (1ST SAMUEL. XXV.16)."
The plaque on the north face lists names from World War II, while the west face includes names of merchant seamen and civilians. The south-facing plaque commemorates those who fell in World War I. Additionally, the front face of the bottom step of the base is inscribed with "SACRED ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1939 – 1945 AND SUBSEQUENTLY."
Local climate
Upminster War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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