Tillingham Village War Memorial

 

1914-1918

E W Aylett

H A Byham

C Bateman

W O Boultwood

W J Bowtle

O L Brown

J A Coker

H C Drakeford

P S Hubbard

L M Harvey

Humphreys

C King

F J Metcalf

R C King

E E Perrin

C Rodda

A W Skeats

C C Sams

H Sandford

W J Smith

C W Taylor

A C Wright

J S Wright

1939-1945

E B Clibborn

T W Cook

G R Kemp

E Lee

1956 - Cyprus

W G Wright

 

Arthur Skeats drowned while serving in HMS Cressy when she was sunk drowned

Ernest Perrin suffered a similar fate in HMS Persia

Memorial in Tillingham Parish Church

War Memorial Dedication

Tillingham War Memorial was unveiled on Sunday 2 September 1928.

The memorial was unusual in that subscriptions for the memorial were raised entirely by 40 ex-servicemen aided by the addition of surplus fund from the Tillingham Branch of the British Legion that had recently closed..

The fundraising was organised by a committee of  H S Hart, G H Raby, H Acaster, D C Taylor and K Cuthbe.

The memorial which was made from portland stone by Mssrs Wray and Fuller at Chelmsford was placed on the south wall of the church

It cost £21 and specifically included a ledge on which to place flowers.

30 Ex servicemen assembled in the Square and marched to the church where a service has held by the Vicar, Rev C G Gardner with an Orchestra led by Charles Chinnery.

A Union flag that had veiled the memorial was removed by Frank Wright, whose brothers Albert and Joseph had both died in the war.

A wreath was then laid by George Coker and Fred Rodda both of which had lost a brother in the war.