War memorials in Thurrock
Memorials in Thurrock honour local fallen service personnel from the World War 1 (WW1), World War 2 (WW2) and modern conflicts including the Falklands campaign, Gulf War and Afghanistan.
Many of the memorials have small planting areas, while others are stone structures sometimes located in parks or open spaces.
Local memorials
We are custodians of the following war memorials:
- High Street, Aveley
- British Bata Shoe Company WW2 Memorial, Princess Margaret Road, East Tilbury
- Orsett Road, Grays
- Rectory Road (Turps Corner), Little Thurrock
- Burma Star Association Memorial Garden, in the grounds of the former hospital, Orsett
- Rectory Road, Orsett
- South Road, South Ockendon
- Civic Square, Tilbury
- London Road, at the entrance of West Thurrock Memorial Ground, West Thurrock
Other memorials in Thurrock for which the council is not custodian:
- Bulphan Memorial Cross, St Mary the Virgin Church, Bulphan
- Chadwell St Mary Memorial, St Mary's Church, Chadwell St Mary
- 2 Lt. S E Kershaw, Kershaw Close, Chafford Hundred
- Coalhouse Fort Memorial Obelisk, St Catherine's Church, Princess Margaret Road, East Tilbury
- Coalhouse Fort WW1 Memorial Tablet, St Catherine's Church, Princess Margaret Road, East Tilbury
- Fort Memorial Tower, St Catherine's Church, Princess Margaret Road, East Tilbury
- St. Catherine's Church WW1 Roll of Honour, Princess Margaret Road, East Tilbury
- Grays Borough National Servicemen Plaque, Orsett Road, Grays
- Horndon on the Hill Memorial, St Peter and St Paul's Church, Horndon on the Hill
- Stepney Boys Memorial at Stifford Green, Guardian Avenue, North Stifford
- Stifford Memorial Obelisk, St Mary the Virgin Church, North Stifford
- Purfleet Memorial, St Stephen's Church, High Street, Purfleet-on-Thames
- The Green, Stanford-le-Hope
- Port of London Authority WW2 Memorial Window, London Cruise Terminal, Tilbury
- Port of London WW1 Memorial Tablets, London Cruise Terminal, Tilbury
You can find out more about memorials from the Imperial War Museums' war memorials archive and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.