Romford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Havering local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 2018. War memorial.
Romford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fossil-footing-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Havering
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
War memorial, 1921, designed by the architect JW Hammond.
MATERIALS: Portland stone.
DESCRIPTION: Romford War Memorial now forms the centerpiece of Coronation Gardens, near the Grade II-listed Town Hall.
It consists of a plain wheel-head cross on a tall tapering plinth with a moulded cap and base on a two-stepped plinth. Sunken panels on the faces of the plinth are inscribed on the front with TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE/ PEOPLE OF ROMFORD/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE WARS OF/ 1914-1919/ 1939-1945/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE and on the sides with 361 names.
Stone slabs added to the base of the memorial have the names of 141 civilians who fell in the Second World War on the upper step and the 255 servicemen who fell on the lower.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: A Burma Star memorial stone adjoins the cross.
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