Witham Cross of Remembrance

Heritage listing

Details This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 17 November 2022 to amend the description to include the name of the architect BRAINTREE, NEWLAND STREET, War Memorial GV II War Memorial. 1920 by Sir Charles Nicholson, with plaques added after WWII. Sandstone with bronze plaque. Central cross standing above a plinth which bears the plaque. The cross has a tapered shaft and a Celtic wheel behind the arms of the cross. The arched plaque shows a mounted soldier and in the foreground a kneeling soldier bearing a flag. Beneath is inscribed "1914-1918/TO THE HONOUR OF/THE MEN OF WITHAM/WHO UNDER THE FLAG OF FREEDOM/FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ "Their name liveth for evermore". At either side low walls of quadrant plan curve forward and are inscribed with the names of the dead. These terminate in piers of square section with domed caps. Beyond, and flat to the viewer, are two further tablets which bear the names of the dead from World War II. These also end with similar piers. This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 12 January 2017.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.