
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Babergh
- Town
- Freston
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Frederick Rogers (Wood Carver)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 3 July 1921
Attended by: Major General Sir Harold Goodeve Ruggles-Brise KCMG CB CVO - Dedicated
Date: 3 July 1921
Attended by: Rev Edward Neep - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Church of Freston St Peter
Freston
Babergh
Suffolk
IP9 1AB
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 17096 39504
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Oak figure of Victory on a stone base.
- Inscription
- 6 O'clock face: IN HONOUR/ OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FOUGHT/ AND IN/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE WHO DIED/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918 9, 12, and 3 O'clock faces: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, William Ewart
Cattermole, George William
Howes, Frederick William
Jackaman, Albert Thomas
Jervis-white-jervis, Daphne Marian
Pryke, Jack
Rush, Robert William
Smith, Edward
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, year of death, regiment, forename
Order of information: No order
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Base
Measurements: depth 950 mm, height 760 mm, width 950 mm
Materials: Stone - Portland - Figure
Measurements: height 1750 mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Base
- 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
- Freston - Peace
- WMO ID: 118269
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 30-10-2019]
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- History
- In 2003 there were plans to conserve the memorial. Some time prior to 1994 cement and sand repairs were made to the base of the oak figure due to severe rotting. Additional rot is not visible elsewhere.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- East Anglian Daily Times, 4 July 1921 - account of unveiling
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