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The IWM and War Memorials Online have some close-up photos showing the two different types of plaques.

The WW2 names were only added in 2002. Loughton Town Council explains: "... the Town Council learned of a Loughton soldier whose name should have been included on the memorial. The council decided to remedy the oversight and, at the same time, see if there were any other names that should rightfully be displayed. This included those from Loughton who died in the Second World War. ... The new name plaques were then cast and fixed to the War Memorial. A moving ceremony to dedicate the plaques was held in June 2002. ... paid tribute to the 64 soldiers who died in the Second World War and the 12 who were killed in the First World War. ... In 2015, the Town Council also responded to requests for the names of family members not originally included in the plaques to be added. Those were Warrant Officer Harold James Bassingthwaite (d 1945), Pilot Officer Gerald Frank Russell Cooke (d 1942) and 2^nd Lieutenant Harold Johnson Martin (d 1942)."

We note that the bronze plaque containing these three names also contained a fourth: C. G. Howe.