Little Waltham War Memorial
The Street, Junction of Winckford Close, Little Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 3NU
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1456881
- Date first listed:
- 08-Aug-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Little Waltham War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- The Street, Junction of Winckford Close, Little Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 3NU
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1456881
- Date first listed:
- 08-Aug-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Little Waltham War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Street, Junction of Winckford Close, Little Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 3NU
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- The Street, Junction of Winckford Close, Little Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 3NU
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Chelmsford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Little Waltham
- National Grid Reference:
- TL7073412729
Summary
First World War memorial, 1922, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Little Waltham War Memorial, which is located on The Street in Little Waltham, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* as a simple but elegant granite wheel-head cross.
Group value:
* with 36-40 The Street and 42 The Street (both Grade II).
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was unveiled at Little Waltham on 21 May 1922 by Brigadier-General J T Wigan and dedicated by the Rev Canon O W Tancock as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community, who lost their lives in the First World War.
A committee was formed in 1919 to raise funds to build the memorial and the land for the memorial was given by Mr W Campen. It commemorates 22 local servicemen who died in the First World War. Following the Second World War, seven names were added for the fallen of that conflict, including two women who were killed in a bombing raid on a local munitions factory.
In 2017 the memorial was conserved with the help of grant aid administered by War Memorials Trust.
Details
First World War memorial, 1922, with later additions for the Second World War.
MATERIALS: granite with lead lettering.
DESCRIPTION: Little Waltham War Memorial is located on The Street, Little Waltham. The memorial plot, which is bordered by soft landscaping to the sides and rear, is located at the edge of a wider green running alongside the River Chelmer.
The memorial comprises a wheel-head cross made of granite on a tapering shaft which rises from a plinth. The plinth is set upon a square base.
The front face of the plinth has a recessed panel which contains the dedication LITTLE WALTHAM./ TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THESE MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 and lists the names of the fallen from that conflict. The left face of the plinth has a recessed panel with the dedication ALSO/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ AND WOMEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ WAR OF 1939 – 1945 and lists the names of those who died during that conflict.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust, accessed 4 May 2017 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1403
War Memorials Online, accessed 4 May 2017 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/221498
War Memorial Register, accessed 4 May 2017 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/22319
Other
‘War Memorial at Little Waltham’, Chelmsford Chronicle, (26 May 1922), 5
‘Little Waltham’, Essex Newsman, (27 May 1922), 4
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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