Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sports pavilion
- District
- St Edmundsbury
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 14th July 1922
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Opened
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 22909
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Current location
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- Northgate Av
Bury St Edmunds
St Edmundsbury
Suffolk
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 850 640
Denomination: Undefined
- Northgate Av
- Description
- A wooden pavilion constructed as a memorial to a reported 58 Old Boys to have died in WW1. A brass plaque was planned but no trace of being in existence. TInformation from press reports listed in References.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CULFORD SCHOOL: THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS by WATSON, F E Source: Image Library
- Opening ceremony. Reported in The Diss Express 21/07/2021 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001584/19220803/023/0002 Accessed 16/06/2021
- Image of the memorial as a cricket pavilion. Reported in the Suffolk & Essex Free Press 03/08/1922 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001584/19220803/023/0002 Accessed 16/07/2021
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