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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
- District
- Ipswich
- Town
- Ipswich
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 22nd December 1922
Attended by: Pte S W Stevens, 5th Suffolks - Dedicated
Date: 22nd December 1922
Attended by: Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
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- ST MARY AT THE ELMS CHURCH
Elm St
Ipswich
Ipswich
Suffolk
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 161 445
Denomination: Church of England
- ST MARY AT THE ELMS CHURCH
- Description
- Carved oak screen between belfry and nave, with frieze. Names recorded in two panels within the doors to small chapel. Gold coloured lettering.
- Inscription
- Panel one: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 PANELS TWO AND THREE: (Names)/ R.I.P
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, E
Adams, R
Amos, P R
Baker, H
Baker, V
Bardwell, F
Bartram, S
Bergdahl, G
Bullen, T S
Burch, C
See details for all 35 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 35
Served and returned: 0
Died: 35
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, regiment, decorations
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Screen
Measurements: height 2070mm, width 2070mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Screen
- Condition
- St Mary at the Elms Church
- WMO ID: 255315
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 24-04-2018]
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- History
- July 2010: Fire in Church destroys wooden screen. Arson reported.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- East Anglian Daily Times 23 December 1922; 26 July 2010
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