Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Waveney
- Town
- Halesworth
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War - civilians, Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Mr Fred Barber of Halesworth (Mason)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 6 March 1921
Attended by: Major R A Parry DSO of Halesworth - Dedicated
Date: 6 March 1921
Attended by: Rev H.C Newbery Rector of Halesworth - Unveiled
Date: 6 March 1921
Attended by: Major R.A Parry DSO of Halesworth - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Outside Churchyard gates
London Road
Halesworth
Waveney
Suffolk
IP19 8LL
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 38618 77315
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Granite Obelisk on stepped pediment. Inscription and names in black lettering on each side of pediment. Three stepped base. Vase on third step (6 o'clock face)
- Inscription
- North Facing Panel: IN HONOUR OF THE MEN/OF HALESWORTH/WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/1914 - 1918/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/1939 - 1945// West Facing Panel: IN MEMORIAM (Names)/WW2 (Names)// South Facing Panel: IN MEMORIAM/(Names)/"LEST WE FORGET"/CIVILIANS KILLED IN ENEMY ACTION/(Names)// East Facing Panel: IN MEMORIAM/(Names)/WW2 (Names)//
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adamson, Walter E
Aldred, Frederick A
Ashford, Cecil H
Balls, Walter A
Bird, Robert
Boyles, Alfred
Boyles, Henry
Brown, Ebenezer
Brown, William H
Calver, Bertie
See details for all 65 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 67
Served and returned: 0
Died: 67
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: depth 3352MM, height 4572MM, width 3352MM
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- Halesworth War Memorial Obelisk
- 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
- HALESWORTH
- WMO ID: 117775
- Condition: Good [last updated on 28-08-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Halesworth Town Council
- Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM2804 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=237
- East Anglian Daily Times, Account of unveiling, 8 March 1921
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