Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Town
- Woolpit
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 17 July 1920
Attended by: Lieutenant-Colonel W E Guinness DSO; MP - Dedicated
Date: 17 July 1920
Attended by: Reverend Canon C D A Lawrence - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4896
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Current location
Village Institute
Mill Lane
Woolpit
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk
IP30 9QX
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 97528 62352
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Large wooden plaque with engraved lettering located on the outside wall of the Woolpit Institute building
- Inscription
- (Names)/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ PRO DEO RECE PATRIA
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, M R
Bolton, E E
Bull, F
Cobbold, Ac
Cobbold, S G
Cooper, A E
Cornish, S E
Cornish, S F
Cross, G A
Cross, W J S
See details for all 32 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Initials, Rank, Unit
Order of information: Random - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Initials, Rank, Unit
Order of information: Random
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 1600, width 889mm
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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
- History
- Replaced in 1994 with a near identical plaque, but including four WW1 Military Medals
- Costs
Memorial: £1721.7.4d
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Google https://picasaweb.google.com/terrylevett/Memorials?authkey=Gv1sRgCPOIjsnaheGtAQ#
- Account of unveiling: Bury and Norwich Post, 23 July1920
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