Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Babergh
- Town
- Great Waldingfield
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- F J Lindley (Mason)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 20 June 1920
Attended by: Brig-Gen Lord Playfair CVO - Dedicated
Date: 20 June 1920
Attended by: Rev A E King, Rector of Great Waldingfield - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4507
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Current location
St Lawrence Church
The Street
Great Waldingfield
Babergh
Suffolk
CO10 0TJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 91201 43913
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Grey marble tablet with four-centred top, supported by two corbels. Wooden Latin cross above it. Small tablet between the corbels with names.
- Inscription
- GREAT WALDINGFIELD/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ WHO DIED VICTORIOUS TO SAVE THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE LIBERTY OF THE WORLD/ IN THE GREAT WAR OF/ 1914-1919./ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, John W
Allen, Wilfred
Bird, Capel
Bowers, Fosker A
Bowers, Nicholson
Bowers, Robert M
Bowers, Walter W
Bowers, William J
Braithwaite, Francis J
Braithwaite, Humphry L
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 34
Served and returned: 0
Died: 34
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment, decorations
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 1168mm, width 1372mm
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE
- Grade I
- 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
- Condition
- Costs
Site: £26-12-0
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PCC
- Reference
- East Anglian Daily Times, 22 June 1920
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