Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Town
- Debenham
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
St Mary Magdalene Church
High Street
Debenham
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk
IP14 6QN
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 17415 63202
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- War Memorial Insitute
Gracechurch Street
Debenham
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- War Memorial Insitute
- Description
- Rectangular stone with inscriptions on front and right sides.
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK: TO THE/ MEN OF DEBENHAM/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM 3 O'CLOCK: ALSO OF THOSE/ OF THIS PARISH/ SECOND GREAT WAR/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aldous, Thomas
Artiss, Frederick
Artiss, Montague
Bachelor, Arthur
Balaam, Edward
Balaam, Edward
Balaam, Frank
Barrett, Frederick
Broom, Bertie
Broom, Bertie
See details for all 45 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 33
Served and returned: 0
Died: 33
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: depth 1000mm, height 2150mm, width 1300mm
Materials: Stone - York
- Memorial
- 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
- Debenham War Memorial
- WMO ID: 259728
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 27-11-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Removal to Church Yard by J Wright and Son; of Ipswich
- Costs
Site: Removal - £45
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- The Debenham and District British Legion
- Reference
- account of unveiling East Anglian Daily Times, 2 March 1920
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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