Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Town
- Wetheringsett
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Maker
- Messrs Frewer & Moss (Builder)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 15 August 1920
Attended by: Brigadier-General Brooke-Popham - Faculty Granted
Date: 6 May 1948
Attended by: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4887
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Current location
All Saints Church
Church Street
Wetheringsett
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk
IP14 5PH
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 12733 66847
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular white marble tablet on a green marble background, with a cornice and supported by two corbels and ledge. Attached below, between the corbels, is another rectangular tablet.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ (Names)/ "THEIR SOULS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD"/ 1939-1946/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aldred, Frederick T
Atkins, William H
Barker, Ernest H
Barnes, George W
Bedwell, Albert V
Bedwell, George
Briggs, Samuel F
Chapman, Claude A
Chapman, George
Chapman, John M
See details for all 27 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: 0
Died: 21
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, profession
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: height 1270mm, width 762mm
Materials: Marble - White, Marble - Green - Second World War memorial
Measurements: height 305mm, width 559mm
Materials: Marble - White, Marble - Green
- First World War memorial
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
- 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
- All Saints Parishioners WW1+2
- WMO ID: 270479
- Condition: Good [last updated on 24-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: £100
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- East Anglian Daily Times 17 August 1920
- www.roll-of-honour.com/Suffolk/Wetheringsett.html
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