Chingford War Memorial

War memorial cross unveiled in 1921, designed by WA Lewis.

MATERIALS & PLAN: constructed from granite, with an octagonal stepped paved base. It stands in a paved area within a small garden at an intersection on the edge of the former village green.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial has a tapered square shaft surmounted by a Celtic cross. The rectangular granite plinth has applied lettering on each face, the front of which is inscribed ‘IN / GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THE / MEN OF CHINGFORD / WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / "WE ARE THE DEAD..... / TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS / WE THROW THE TORCH / BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH” ', and on the frame to the panel: ‘AND OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES 1939 – 1945’. A panel applied to the plinth step is inscribed ‘IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN OF CHINGFORD / 1945 TO PRESENT DAY, LEST WE FORGET’. The other sides of the plinth are inscribed with the names of the 242 fallen soldiers from WWI.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 17 February 2017.