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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Town
- Cotton
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 7 December 1919
Attended by: Lieutenant-Col F W Turner TD
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4728
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Current location
St Andrew's Church
Church Road
Cotton
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk
IP14 4QZ
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 06982 66918
Denomination: Church of England
- Inscription
- (Top Block) Six O'Clock: IN/ HONOURED AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF COTTON/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ AND AS A THANK OFFERING TO/ GOD FOR VICTORY AND PEACE (Lower Block) Six O'Clock: THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE Nine O'Clock: (Names) Twelve O'Clock: (Names) Three O'Clock: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alexander, John
Alexander, Major
Carter, Harry
Chilvers, Leonard
Cuthbert, William
Finbow, Henry
Hales, Charles
Hales, David
Hales, Edward
Hales, Herbert Edward
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forenames. surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, rank
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: depth 889 mm, height 3657 mm, width 863 mm
Materials: Stone - Portland
- First World War memorial
- Listing information
- Cotton 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
- Cotton War Memorial
- WMO ID: 252111
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 23-05-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Account of unveiling in Bury Free Press, 13 December 1919
- Details of the Grade 2 listing by Historic England. historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1452798?section=official-listing Accessed 06/01/2022
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