Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Babergh
- Town
- Raydon
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Messrs L J Watts Ltd (Builder)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1st August 1920
Attended by: Rev J Masham, Rector of Raydon
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4475
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Current location
St Mary's Church
The Street
Raydon
Babergh
Suffolk
IP7 5LH
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 04933 38618
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic cross on a stepped block with inscriptions on marble tablets.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: THESE MEN FELL FIGHTING/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" 3 o'clock face: THESE MEN/ ALSO FELL FIGHTING/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE / SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR / EVERMORE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Archer, Richard
Brooke, Roger Newson
Carwell, Frederick
Chiswell, Leslie
Crisp, John
Edwards, George
Hirst, S T Robert
Holmes, Edward Elijah
Hopes, Jack
Lawrence, Benjamin
See details for all 20 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Cross
Measurements: height 1630mm, width 180-640mm
Materials: Stone - Local - Base
Measurements: depth 500-650mm, height 640mm, width 500-650mm
Materials: Stone - Local - Steps
Measurements: depth 840-1560mm, height 730mm, width 840-1560mm
Materials: Stone - Local
- Tablets
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Raydon
- WMO ID: 168154
- Condition: Good [last updated on 26-01-2015]
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- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PCC
- Reference
- East Anglian Daily Times, 2 August 1920
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