Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Babergh
Town
Bentley
County
Suffolk
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
Messers Culn Cawthorp & Sons (Mason)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 5 June 1921
    Attended by: Colonel Cunningham RFA
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
4385

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Current location

St. Mary's Church
Church Road
Bentley
Babergh
Suffolk
IP9 2BU
England

OS Grid Ref: TM 11860 38142
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Marble nowy-head tablet framed by red marble with gold lettering inscription. On the tablet there a cross with wreath below and crossed St. George and Union flags.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/IN MEMORY OF/ THE YOUNG MEN OF THIS PARISH/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ ALSO/IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ALBERT MORETON MONKS/LIEUT 29TH BATT VANCOUVER REGIMENT/(BROTHER OF THE HON. MRS STANHOP TOLLEMACHE)/KILLED WHILE LEADING HIS MEN INTO ACTION AT THE/ BATTLE OF LENS 21 AUG 1917 AGED 33 YEARS/THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE HON STANHOPE AND MRS TOLLEMACHE.//
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bilner, George
Braybrook, Percy
Bullard, Herbert
Clarke, William
Coleman, William
Lloyd, George
Monks, Albert Moreton
Peacock, Charles
Pickess, Frederick
Richardson, Arthur
See details for all 15 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 15
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 15
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 1193,8 mm, width 736.6 mm
    Materials: Alabaster
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Red
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ST MARY
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Responsibility
PCC
Reference
  • East Anglian Daily Times, 7 June 1921

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