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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- St Edmundsbury
- Town
- Hawkedon
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 08 August 1920
Attended by: Unknown
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5214
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Current location
Village Green
100 Yds. Northwest of Parish Church
Hawkedon
St Edmundsbury
Suffolk
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 79684 53023
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Crossed swords inside a wreath on face
- Inscription
- 6.00 - IN MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF/HAWKEDON 9.00 - GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN 12.00 -TO THE GLORY OF GOD 3.00 - THE WAR (1914-1918)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Bridge, Victor
Clarke, John
Farthing, Robert
Farthing, Walter Leonard
Goldspink, Edward Newell
Mason, Daniel Thomas
Mason, Joe
Shinn, William
Smith, Sam
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height 13FT
Materials: Stone
- Obelisk
- 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
- HAWKEDON
- WMO ID: 117487
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Parish Council
- Reference
- BURY FREE PRESS, 14 AUGUST 1920
- Details of Grade 2 listing. historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1465003?section=official-listing Accessed 06/01/2022
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