Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Babergh
- Town
- Edwardstone
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 14 March 1920
Attended by: Canon G Hodges, Archdeacon of Sudbury - Unveiled
Date: 14 March 1920
Attended by: Unknown - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4421
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Current location
Located a half mile east of church
Sherbourne Street
Edwardstone
Babergh
Suffolk
CO10 5PG
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 94646 42158
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Calvary Cross on octagonal three-stepped base. Depiction of crucifixion and crest with lettering on shaft. Roof atop the cross.
- Inscription
- Shaft, 6 O'clock face: I M(illegible) OF/ Top step, 5-7 O'clock faces: EDWARDSTONE/ MEN WHO DIED/ FOR ENGLAND/ 1914-1918/ THEY LOVED/ NOT THEIR LIFE EVEN/ UNTO DEATH Second step 5-7 O'clock faces: (Names) Third step, 6 O'clock face: ALL THANKS TO HE/ WHO ON THE CROSS ON HIGH/ DIDST TEACH HIS BRETHREN AND INSPIRE/ TO SUFFER AND DIE Top step, 9 O'clock face: 1939-1945 Second step, 9 O'clock face: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Battle, Ernest
Brown, Cecil
Everitt, Ernest
Everitt, Frederick
Finch, Henry
Giles, Samuel
Grainger, Frederick
Griggs, Frederick
Griggs, Harry
Griggs, Sydney
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 170 mm, height 2570 mm, width 170 mm
Materials: Stone - Portland - Base
Measurements: depth 787 mm, width 787 mm
Materials: Stone - Portland
- 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
- EDWARDSTONE
- WMO ID: 118275
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 30-03-2020]
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- Costs
Comments: 1939-1945 names added April to May 1948 by F. J. Lindley of Sudbury at a cost of £9.1.3.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Edwardstone PCC
- Reference
- East Anglian Daily Times, 16 March 1920 - account of unveiling
- Historic England listing: historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1470350?section=official-list-entry Accessed 25/05/2022
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