Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Suffolk Coastal
- Town
- Aldeburgh
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Maker
- Mr W Crum-Watson (Architect)
Farmer and Brindley (Builder) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 02 January 1921
Attended by: Chief Officer D Day RN; HM Coastguards, Alderman Percy E Clark (Mayor), Alderman W.H. Hall and C.A. Ward - Dedicated
Date: 02 January 1921
Attended by: Rev. Canon S.W. Goldsmith, Captain Vernon Wentworth R.N., Rev A.S. Culley - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5407
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Current location
Sea Front close to Moot Hall
Crabbe Street
Aldeburgh
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk
IP15 5DS
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 46548 56830
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Latin Cross with Sword of Sacrifice set on a tapering shaft and octagonal plinth. Tablet with dedication set into each face and the whole set five octagonal steps.
- Inscription
- THEY / WHOM THIS / MONUMENT COMMEMORATES / WERE HONOURED AMONG THOSE / WHO AT THE CALL OF / KING AND COUNTRY / LEFT ALL THAT WAS / DEAR TO THEM / ENDURED HARDSHIP / FACED DANGER AND FINALLY / PASSED OUT OF SIGHT / OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY / AND SELF SACRIFCE / GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES / THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN / FREEDOM / LET THEM WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT / THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN / 1914-1918 / ROYAL NAVY / (Names) / ARMY / (NAMES) / 1939-1945 / ROYAL NAVY / (NAMES) / ARMY / (NAMES) / ROYAL AIR FORCE / (NAMES) / MERCHANT NAVY / (NAMES) / ERECTED BY THE FELLOW TOWNSPEOPLE / CIVILIANS KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allerton, A C
Allerton, F R
Ashford, A H
Backhouse, A S
Backhouse, E W
Balls, B
Block, G A J
Block, G E
Botterill, J
Bowyer, J W
See details for all 84 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 84
Served and returned: 0
Died: 84
Exact count: yes
Information shown: service, surname,rank,decoration
Order of information: as above - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: service, surname, rank, decoration
Order of information: as above - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 2692 mm, height 6096 mm, width 2692 mm
Materials: Stone - Portland - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- ALDEBURGH
- WMO ID: 117297
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Aldeburgh Town Council
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Account of unveiling: East Anglian Daily Times, 4 January 1921
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