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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Babergh
- Town
- Hintlesham
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr Charles Mee of Sproughton (Architect)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13 June 1920
Attended by: Sir Gerald Ryan - Dedicated
Date: 13 June 1920
Attended by: Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4439
Current location
St Nicholas Church
George Street
Hintlesham
Babergh
Suffolk
IP8 3NH
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 08752 43441
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic cross atop a round column, plinth, and four stepped base. Inscription on plinth in black lettering.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF HINTLESHAM/ WHOSE LIVES WERE LAID DOWN FOR US/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ 1939-1945/ THEIR NAMES INSCRIBED HEREON SHALL LIVE FOR EVER/ IN HOPE OF A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION 9 and 3 o'clock faces: (Names) 12 o'clock face: 1939-1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baalham, Frederick C
Chaplin, Charles
Coe, Frederick G
Cuthbert, Frederick
Dale, Ronald G
Ellis, Percy
Game, Albert
Gant, Horace
Gant, Jack S
Gant, Ronald
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: no
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: No order - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: no
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 3962 mm
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen - Base
Measurements: depth 1371 mm, width 1371 mm
Materials: Stone - York - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
- 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
- Hintlesham War Memorial
- WMO ID: 138941
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 05-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Two letters missing on 6 o'clock face.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- East Anglian Daily Times, 14 June 1920 - account of unveiling
- www.eadt.co.uk/news/pilot-harold-tipples-name-added-to-hintlesham-war-memorial-1-6805396
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