Memorial details

Memorial type
Pillar / Column
District
Mid Suffolk
Town
Laxfield
County
Suffolk
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 11 October 1919
    Attended by: Lord Huntingfield
  • Dedicated
    Date: 11 October 1919
    Attended by: Unknown
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
4782

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Current location

Junction of High St and Framlingham Rd
High St
Laxfield
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk
England

OS Grid Ref: TM 29221 72295
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Four-sided portland stone column. Each face represents a temple with pediment and base. Each pediment contains a relief of a wreath with ribbons. Urn and flame positioned centrally atop the memorial.
Inscription
6 o'clock face: IN EVER LIVING MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919./ FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE./ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY,/ AND THEIR SOULS TO GOD. 3 o'clock face: THIS MONUMENT/WAS ERECTED/BY/PARISHIONERS OF LAXFIELD/AND FRIENDS/ 9 o'clock face: 1914/ (Name)/ 1918/ (Name)/ 1914/ (Names)/ 1916/ (Names)/ 1917/ (Names) 12 o'clock face: 1917/ (Names)/ 1918/ (Names)/ 1919/ (Name)/ IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE/ OF/ THE FALLEN IN WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ayers, Harry
Ayers, Wallace W
Ayers, William T
Briggs, Ivy G
Button, Clarence H W
Cann, Leonard G A
Cullingford, George E
Cunningham, Harold E
Dickinson, Herbert G
Easey, George
See details for all 43 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 37
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 37
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Year of death, regiment, forename, surname
    Order of information: Year of death
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 6
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 6
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Surname, forename, regiment
    Order of information: Alphabetically
Components
  • Column
    Measurements: depth 1750 mm, height 5000 mm, width 1750 mm
    Materials: Stone - Portland
Listing information
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
History
June 2001: Applied for English Heritage grant. In 2002-2003 English Heritage offered a grant of £2,224 towards work to clean the memorial using water and natural fibre brushes, to investigate how the flame was attached to the memorial and to see how it could be made more stable as it was loose on the masonry bed, to rake out and re-point defective joints on the pediments, to make good the defective joints on the pilasters, to re-touch the painted inscriptions on the panels, to make good the joint voids on the base of the memorial and to remove the cement render on the base, to carry out mortar repairs and re-render it with lime render or limewash.
Costs

Site: £238

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Responsibility
Laxfield PCC
Reference

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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