TL7315 : War Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church, Great Leighs, Essex
near to Fuller Street, Essex, Great Britain

War Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church, Great Leighs, Essex
UK National Inventory of War Memorials No.22246 Link
Unveiled at 2.30 P.M. on 12th December 1920
by Major General Sir George Scott Moncrieff, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.I.E.
Late Director of Fortifications & Works, 1914-1918
Unveiling Programme: Pages 1&4: Link
Pages 2&3: Link
Set in the 1715 boundary wall outside St Mary the Virgin Church is the Memorial to the men of the Parish of Great Leighs
who gave their lives in the World Wars of 1914~1919 and 1939~1945. The text reads:
GREAT LEIGHS 1920
THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE BY THE PARISHIONERS OF GREAT LEIGHS IN
HONORED MEMORY OF FELLOW PARISHIONERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
OUR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 ~ 1919 . THEY WHOM THIS TABLET
COMMEMORATES WERE NUMBERED AMONG THOSE WHO AT THE CALL OF KING AND
COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM ENDURED HARDNESS FACED DANGER
AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF
SACRIFICE GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN
CHARLES CLOUGHTON Link
Grave: Link
ERNEST GEORGE CLOUGHTON Link
Memorial: Link
CHARLES COOK Link
Grave: Link
CHARLES JOSEPH DIGBY Link
Grave: Link
ERNEST DIGBY Link
WILLIAM DUKE Link
Memorial: Link
ARCHIE FITCH Link
Grave: Link
ARTHUR FITCH Link
Memorial: Link
DICK FITCH Link
Memorial: Link
GEORGE BENNETT FITCH Link
Grave: Link
FREDERICK MANSFIELD Link
Memorial: Link
CHARLES JONATHAN RAYNER Link
Memorial: Link
HARRY SARGEANT Link
Grave: Link
ALAN GEORGE TRITTON Link
Memorial: Link
ALFRED REGINALD WARD Link
Grave: Link
CHARLES HENRY WARD Link
Grave: Link
ERNEST WRIGHT Link
Grave: Link
HERBERT GEORGE WRIGHT Link
Memorial: Link
LOUIS WALTER WRIGHT Link
Grave: Link
1939 ~ 1945
ERIC SYDNEY BRIGGS Link
Grave: Link
DAVID COARD Link
Grave: Link
DAVID GORDON COUSINS Link
Memorial: Link
ALAN HULL Link
Grave: Link
RICHARD FRANK TOWNEND Link
Memorial: Link
ALFRED BERNARD READ Link
Grave: Link
Louis Walter Wright and David Coard are buried within the Churchyard.
"They shall not grow old as we who are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them."
Laurence Binyon, For the Fallen
"When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow we gave our today."
US 14th Army War Memorial, Kohema, Burma
The links to the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission beside each name above are thought to be correct.
Please contact me with any corrections.
Ernest Wright and Herbert George Wright were my Great Uncles.
Additional images of the Graves or Memorials will be added as they become available.
I am most grateful to Pat Watkinson and Terry Goddard for their research and photographs.
Research based on: “Echoes of the Great War - The Diary of the Reverend Andrew Clark 1914-1919”
Oxford University Press 1985. ISBN 0-19-212984-8
The position of the Memorial can be seen in a view of St Marys Church available here:
TL7315 : St Mary the Virgin Church, Great Leighs, Essex
For more information on St. Marys, see here: Link
Unveiled at 2.30 P.M. on 12th December 1920
by Major General Sir George Scott Moncrieff, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.I.E.
Late Director of Fortifications & Works, 1914-1918
Unveiling Programme: Pages 1&4: Link
Set in the 1715 boundary wall outside St Mary the Virgin Church is the Memorial to the men of the Parish of Great Leighs
who gave their lives in the World Wars of 1914~1919 and 1939~1945. The text reads:
GREAT LEIGHS 1920
THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE BY THE PARISHIONERS OF GREAT LEIGHS IN
HONORED MEMORY OF FELLOW PARISHIONERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
OUR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 ~ 1919 . THEY WHOM THIS TABLET
COMMEMORATES WERE NUMBERED AMONG THOSE WHO AT THE CALL OF KING AND
COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM ENDURED HARDNESS FACED DANGER
AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF
SACRIFICE GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN
CHARLES CLOUGHTON Link
ERNEST GEORGE CLOUGHTON Link
CHARLES COOK Link
CHARLES JOSEPH DIGBY Link
ERNEST DIGBY Link
WILLIAM DUKE Link
ARCHIE FITCH Link
ARTHUR FITCH Link
DICK FITCH Link
GEORGE BENNETT FITCH Link
FREDERICK MANSFIELD Link
CHARLES JONATHAN RAYNER Link
HARRY SARGEANT Link
ALAN GEORGE TRITTON Link
ALFRED REGINALD WARD Link
CHARLES HENRY WARD Link
ERNEST WRIGHT Link
HERBERT GEORGE WRIGHT Link
LOUIS WALTER WRIGHT Link
1939 ~ 1945
ERIC SYDNEY BRIGGS Link
DAVID COARD Link
DAVID GORDON COUSINS Link
ALAN HULL Link
RICHARD FRANK TOWNEND Link
ALFRED BERNARD READ Link
Louis Walter Wright and David Coard are buried within the Churchyard.
"They shall not grow old as we who are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them."
Laurence Binyon, For the Fallen
"When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow we gave our today."
US 14th Army War Memorial, Kohema, Burma
The links to the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission beside each name above are thought to be correct.
Please contact me with any corrections.
Ernest Wright and Herbert George Wright were my Great Uncles.
Additional images of the Graves or Memorials will be added as they become available.
I am most grateful to Pat Watkinson and Terry Goddard for their research and photographs.
Research based on: “Echoes of the Great War - The Diary of the Reverend Andrew Clark 1914-1919”
Oxford University Press 1985. ISBN 0-19-212984-8
The position of the Memorial can be seen in a view of St Marys Church available here:
TL7315 : St Mary the Virgin Church, Great Leighs, Essex
For more information on St. Marys, see here: Link
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- Wednesday, 24 June, 2009 (more nearby)
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