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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Forest Heath
- Town
- Newmarket
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians, Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 16 October 1921
Attended by: Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich - Unveiled
Date: 16 October 1921
Attended by: MAJ-GEN. Sir William Lambton KCB - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4578
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Current location
Memorial in garden of rest at northern end of Newmarket High street.
Memorial Gardens
Bury Road/Fordham Road crossroads
Newmarket
Forest Heath
Suffolk
CB8 7BP
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 64585 63610
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Pillar on stepped base Surmounted by urn. Sword and wreath on east and west faces. Additional small stone tablet added with three more names of civillians.
- Inscription
- ( 6 o'clock) TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF NEWMARKET WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 & 1939-1945 (Names) (9 o'clock) (12 o'clock) (3 o'clock) (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alderson, C
Aley, Frank
Almond, Bert
Ames, Donald L E
Amos, Charles
Amos, Frank
Anderton, Percy R
Anderton, Terence A
Andrews, Edgar J
Andrews, Fred
See details for all 310 names - Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 82
Served and returned: 0
Died: 82
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 218
Served and returned: 0
Died: 218
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: depth 3657mm, height 7620mm, width 3657mm
Materials: Undefined - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Urn
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Pillar
- Listing information
- Newmarket War Memorial
- 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
- Newmarket - WW1 and WW2 Pillar
- WMO ID: 118118
- Condition: Good [last updated on 01-09-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- c2012: Column and plaques renovated and re-dedicated.
- Costs
Site: £2000
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Forest Heath District Council
- Reference
- Other website www.newmarket-remembers.info
- 21 October 1921, Bury and Norwich Post, Account of unveiling.
- Carter Postcard Collection
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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