Clavering

CLAVERING WAR MEMORIAL:

The stories of the 6 men named on the village's Second World War memorial are included in a book, 'Clavering at War' price £10, and the stories of the 28 men named on the village's First World War memorial have been published in 'Clavering WW1 War Memorial' price £5, both available from Clavering shop or by email from mrsjacquelinecooper@gmail.com

CLAVERING PARISH CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL, NORTH AISLE, North wall

An engraved brass plate mounted on wooden backing with convex moulded edged frame. The brass plate is decorated in scroll pattern to form a pointed trefoil arch enclosing the inscription. The brass is fixed to the wood backing with 2cm. conical brass screws. A red cross is engraved and enamelled in top trefoil, beneath this is a dedication engraved in roman capitals.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
CLAVERING MEN WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1918
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE
INHABITANTS OF THIS PARISH

_____
Their Name Liveth for Evermore

CLAVERING CHRISTIAN CENTRE WAR MEMORIAL

The village war memorial is an obelisk in the front of the churchyard at the former Clavering Congregational, now known as the Christian Centre. It is pictured right following cleaning in 2011, at the Remembrance Day Service, with Royal British Legion veteran, Jack Livings and the then parish council chairman, Rebecca Stanford.