Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Town
- Bacton
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Hanchets (Builder)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 24th October 1920
Attended by: Captain Owen Clarke OBE - Dedicated
Date: 24th October 1920
Attended by: Reverend J Vallalley, Rector of Bacton - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4679
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Current location
St. Marys Church
Church Road
Bacton
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk
IP14 4LL
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 05314 67198
Denomination: Church of England
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK HEAD OF CROSS: THEIR/ NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE. 6 O'CLOCK BLOCK : 1939-1945 (NAMES) 6 O'CLOCK BLOCK: IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF BACTON/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ HONOUR TO THE IMMORTAL DEAD 9 O'CLOCK BLOCK (NAMES) 3 O'CLOCK BLOCK: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Austin, George
Baker, Horace
Betts, William
Buckingham, John L
Buckingham, William
Cage, Edward
Castell, Edwin A
Culley, Stanley W
Eastell, William
Farrow, Frederick
See details for all 19 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 19
Served and returned: 0
Died: 19
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forname, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: height 1981.2 mm
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
- Memorial
- Listing information
- Bacton War Memorial
- Grade II
- 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
- Bacton War Memorial
- WMO ID: 118018
- Condition: Good [last updated on 01-10-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PCC
- Reference
- WM1998 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=281
- Account of unveiling Bury and Norwich Post , 29 October 1920
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