Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Forest Heath
- Town
- Worlington
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 4 Mar 1920
Attended by: MAJ-GEN THE HON J E LINDLEY
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4596
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Current location
W village near church
Near All Saints Church
Church Lane
Worlington
Forest Heath
Suffolk
IP28 8SG
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 69133 73854
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Obelisk on three stepped block with inscription enclosed in low railings
- Inscription
- IN ABIDING MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF/ THIS VILLAGE/ WHO SERVED IN THE / GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ (Names) SERVED/ (Names) SERVED/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aldous, A
Baker, G H
Barrett, J D
Blissett, H B
Butcher, A
Butcher, J H
Challice, W
Champion
Chinnery, S H
Cole, H J
See details for all 44 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 45
Served and returned: 33
Died: 12
Exact count: no
Information shown: Rank,regiment,forename,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: depth 72" BASE, height 10.5FT, width 72" BASE
Materials: Marble - Sicilian
- Obelisk
- 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
- WORLINGTON WAR MEMORIAL
- WMO ID: 136312
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Memorial: £150 1S0 0D
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM2548 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=368
- Details of Grade 2 listing. historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1470610?section=official-listing Accessed 09/12/2021
- Bury and Norwich Post - 5 March 1920
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