Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Forest Heath
- Town
- Lakenheath
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4562
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Current location
The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
High Street
Lakenheath
Forest Heath
Suffolk
IP27 9DS
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 71451 82745
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Castle above inscription; family coat of arms and cross of Saint George below
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF / EARL KITCHENER / KG; KP; PC; OM; GCB; GCSI / SOLDIER AND STATESMAN / 1850 - 1916 / WHOSE ANCESTORS LONG RESIDED / IN THIS PARISH / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE / LONDON SOCIETY OF EAST ANGLIANS / OF WHICH HE WAS PRESIDENT/ TO DEUM LAUDAMUS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Kitchener, Earl
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Title, surname, honorific , date of birth, date of death, other
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 1041.4mm, width 762mm
Materials: Marble
- Plaque
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
Details: London Society of East Anglians - Responsibility
- Parish council
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