Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Forest Heath
- Town
- Barton Mills
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26 October 1919
Attended by: Major-General The Honourable J E Lindley
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4522
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Current location
North aisle
north wall
St Mary
Church Meadow
Barton Mills
Forest Heath
Suffolk
IP28 6AR
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 71693 73816
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular tablet surmounted by a broken swan-neck pediment with a bronze wreath of Victory in high relief depending from it. Behind it is a gilt cross. There are two vertical bands of laurel leaves in high relief on each side of the inscription. The tablet is supported by two erect consoles with a plain apron between.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE / FOLLOWING PARISHIONERS / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN / THE GREAT WAR A.D. 1914-1918 / (Names)/ GRANT THEM, O LORD/ THY ETERNAL PIECE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Balls, Fred G
Good, William
Gord, John
Grimwood, Sydney J
Hockley, Ernest E
Munns, Edmund
Nicholas, James
Nicholas, Walter
Owers, Thomas H
Oxlade, Stanley
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, forename, surname, decorations, regiment, age at death
Order of information: By rank, surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 110mm, height 1600mm, width 830mm
Materials: Alabaster - Other structure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze, Gilt
- Tablet
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
- Grade II*
- 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
- Barton Mills - WW1 Memorial
- WMO ID: 118174
- Condition: Good [last updated on 16-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: £131-1-3
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: Paid for by 161 parishioners and friends. - Responsibility
- PCC
- Reference
- Bury and Norwich Post, 31 October 1919
- Bury Free Press - Saturday 01 November 1919 BARTON MILLS WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILING BY MAJOR-GEN. LINDLEY
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