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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Babergh
- Town
- Harkstead
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr E E Saunders of Ipswich (Builder)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 9 June 1920
Attended by: Brigadier-General E H Rodwell - Dedicated
Date: 9 June 1920
Attended by: Rev H A Berners Rector of Harkstead - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4436
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Current location
St Marys Church
Lings Lane
Harkstead
Babergh
Suffolk
IP9 1DD
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 19407 35245
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Cross on cushion and three stepped base
- Inscription
- (Block 6 O'Clock) TO THE/GLORY OF GOD/AND IN/LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE/ BRAVE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/WHO GAVE THEIR/LIVES FOR THEIR/COUNTRY IN THE /GREAT WAR (Block 9 O'Clock) NAMES (Block 3 O'Clock) NAMES (Block 12.00 O' Clock) ALSO THOSE/WHO FELL IN THE/ SECOND/WORLD WAR (NAMES) (Top Step 6 O'Clock) 1914-1918/THEIR NAME LIVETH/FOR EVERMORE (Top Step 12.00 O'Clock) 1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, Wm
Briggs, A J
Briggs, H C
Cooper, Austin
Fryett, Chas W
Garrod, John W
Gould, Benj
Gould, Percy
Page, Ernest
Palmer, Geo E
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: depth 330mm Base, height 3352mm, width 762mm Base
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Memorial
- 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
- Harkstead War Memorial
- WMO ID: 241911
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 22-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PCC
- Reference
- East Anglian Daily Times 10 June 1920 Account of the unveiling
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