Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Triptych
- District
- St Edmundsbury
- Town
- Barrow
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 12 Oct 1920
Attended by: LT-COL J T POTTER
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5089
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Current location
Village Hall
The St
Barrow
St Edmundsbury
Suffolk
IP29 5AP
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 76299 63747
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Village School
Church Lane
Barrow
St Edmundsbury
Suffolk
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Village School
- Description
- Triptych Rising sun on outside doors. Inside names and a painting of a female figure.
- Inscription
- FORMER BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL/ WHO SACRIFICED/ THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR (NAMES) TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ THE BRAVE SONS OF THE EMPIRE/ WHO FELL ON THE BATTLEFIELDS/ OF/ EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA/ THEY HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT/ DYING/ IN THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY THAT/ HONOUR/ MIGHT LIVE (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adkin, John William
Brand, Herbert
Britton, Alfred T
Brown, James
Clark, Henry William
Cooke, Bertie
Crack, Frederick
Drake, Bernard
Drake, Wm O
Fuller, Arthur
See details for all 29 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: height 1016 mm, width 914 mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- First World War memorial
- 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
- History
- Removed, repaired and replaced in June 1990
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Responsibility
- Village Hall Committee and The Royal British Legion, Barrow
- Reference
- Our Blog ukniwm.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/reasearching-school-memorials/
- account of unveiling: Bury Free Press 16 October 1920
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