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
- Constituency
- Romford MP: Andrew Rosindell (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Romford War Memorial, Coronation Gardens, Main Road, London, RM1 4GR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 515 892
- Coordinates
- 51.58142, 0.18517
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Romford War Memorial, designed by architect J.W. Hammond, was completed in 1921 and is made of Portland stone. It serves as the centerpiece of Coronation Gardens, located near the Grade II-listed Town Hall.
The memorial features a plain wheel-head cross atop a tall, tapering plinth, which has a moulded cap and base on a two-stepped plinth. The front of the plinth has sunken panels inscribed with the words: "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." The sides of the plinth list 361 names.
Additionally, stone slabs added to the base of the memorial commemorate 141 civilians who died in the Second World War on the upper step, and 255 servicemen who fell on the lower step.
A Burma Star memorial stone is located next to the cross.
Local climate
Romford 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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