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Latitude: 51.8464 / 51°50'46"N
Longitude: 1.1204 / 1°7'13"E
OS Eastings: 615029
OS Northings: 221021
OS Grid: TM150210
Mapcode National: GBR TQC.827
Mapcode Global: VHLCR.CVPG
Plus Code: 9F33R4WC+G5
Entry Name: Weeley War Memorial
Listing Date: 23 August 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1435296
ID on this website: 101435296
Location: Weeley Heath, Tendring, Essex, CO16
County: Essex
District: Tendring
Civil Parish: Weeley
Built-Up Area: Weeley Heath
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex
Church of England Parish: Weeley St Andrew
Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford
Tagged with: War memorial Memorial cross
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Weeley War Memorial stands at the south side of the junction of Bentley Road and Clacton Road. It consists of a rough-hewn Portland stone wheel-head cross standing on a tapering plinth. Incised into the plinth is an inscription which reads REMEMBER THE MEN OF WEELEY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ (10 NAMES)/ PASS FRIENDS ALLS WELL. On the side of the plinth is incised 1939 – 1945/ (12 NAMES).
The memorial stands within a small paved area. A stone wall to the rear has four low piers and six small stone posts to the front carry a chain.
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, 12 January 2017.
Weeley War Memorial was constructed by Messrs Garrett and Haysom of Southampton to commemorate the 10 local servicemen who fell in the First World War. It was unveiled on 26 June 1920 by Brigadier-General G Metcalfe, Commander of the Royal Artillery 4th Division at Colchester. It was dedicated by Reverend F Beadel, Rector of Great Holland and the Chairman of Tendring Rural District Council. The names of the 12 fallen from the Second World War were added at a later date.
The west end of the rear wall of the memorial enclosure was damaged by a vehicle in 1997. In 2005, with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust, this damage was repaired. Further grant aid from War Memorials Trust in 2013 helped the memorial to be cleaned and conserved.
Weeley War Memorial, which stands at the junction of Bentley Road and Clacton Road, 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 sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a simple yet dignified wheel-head cross memorial.
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