Territorial Army War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 2014. Memorial.
Territorial Army War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ghost-obsidian-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Leyton and Wanstead MP: Mr Calvin Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 2014
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- TQ 387 888
- Coordinates
- 51.58126, 0.0008
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Territorial Army War Memorial is a Portland stone structure designed as a Celtic cross with an octagonal shaft, which stands on an octagonal pedestal and a moulded plinth. The original inscription on the front of the plinth has been covered by a stone tablet that reads: ‘TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ OUR COMRADES OF THE/ 7TH BATTALION/ THE ESSEX REGIMENT(T)/ AND THE/ 3RD EAST ANGLIAN/ FIELD AMBULANCE RAMC (T)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ AND OF THE/ 59TH (THE ESSEX REGIMENT)/ HAA ARTILLERY/ ROYAL ARTILLERY REGIMENT (TA)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ WE ARE THE DEAD./ TO YOU WITH FAILING HANDS/ WE THROW THE TORCH;/ BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH.’ Additionally, the sides of the plinth near the tablet and the base of the cross feature metal regimental badges representing the three regiments being commemorated.
Local climate
Territorial Army War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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