RAYNE

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Reference WMO/101814

Address:

Village Green

Shalford Road

Rayne

Braintree

CM77 6BT

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Portland stone
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Rayne war memorial is an octagonal shaft topped with a Latin cross. Constructed of Portland stone the inscription is in flush lead lettering on the plinth, the names of the fallen from World War II are on a tablet sloped against the shaft.UK National Inventory of War Memorials No.22280 Hopton Wood stone, 18 feet, surmounted by a cross, unveiled by Colonel William Capper, C.V.O. One name commemorated on the Memorial is Major General Sir Thompson Capper CB, DSO, KCMG who spent much of his boyhood in Rayne with his uncle, the Rector of Rayne, Rev W S Hemming. He was one of the fifteen most senior officers to be killed during the War. This Memorial was unveiled by his brother.
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

LESLIE (Maurice) BOREHAM LinkExternal link JAMES BAKER LinkExternal link PETER BAKER LinkExternal link GEORGE BARNARD LinkExternal link CHARLES (Edward) BROCK LinkExternal link PERCY (Edward) CHADWICK LinkExternal link EDGAR (Thomas) FINCH LinkExternal link ALFRED GENTRY LinkExternal link FREDERICK (Thomas) GIBSON LinkExternal link GEORGE (John) HANCE LinkExternal link Grave: LinkExternal link EDWARD (Elmer) HANCE LinkExternal link SAMUEL HANCE LinkExternal link THOMAS HAMMOND LinkExternal link (Arthur) STANLEY LINSELL LinkExternal link THOMAS (Edward) LITTLEFIELD LinkExternal link THOMPSON CAPPER* LinkExternal link DOUGLAS (Collier) CHAPMAN LinkExternal link MARMADUKE (Henry Littedale) GALE LinkExternal link GEORGE SHUTTLEWOOD LinkExternal link ERNEST SHUTTLEWOOD LinkExternal link WILLIAM TURNER LinkExternal link SIDNEY TURNER LinkExternal link CLARENCE (Ernest) WATKINSON LinkExternal link (Burton) ALEX(ander) RICHARDSON LinkExternal link FRANK (Ernest) RICHARDSON LinkExternal link ALBERT (Francis) RICHARDSON LinkExternal link Grave: LinkExternal link ERNEST STOCK LinkExternal link CHARLES SAUNDERS LinkExternal link CHARLES NEWMAN LinkExternal link ALFRED NASH LinkExternal link ALFRED PEAGRAM LinkExternal link FRANK REYNOLDS LinkExternal link GEORGE ROWE LinkExternal link Grave: LinkExternal link TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 HERBERT BROCK LinkExternal link ALEC (Frederick) CHANNEL(l) LinkExternal link ROBERT (William) REYNOLDS LinkExternal link (Robert) JOHN SCOTT LinkExternal link (Edward) EDMUND LAW STAINES LinkExternal link There are also two CWGC-listed Graves in the Churchyard of nearby All Saints for 1939 - 1945 casualties: RONALD THAIN LinkExternal link Grave: LinkExternal link LLOYD (Miller) TIMMINS LinkExternal link Grave: LinkExternal link

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