Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- St Edmundsbury
- Town
- Hopton
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 28 September 1919
Attended by: W N L Champion of Riddlesworth Hall
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5221
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Current location
All Saints Church
Nethergate Street
Hopton
St Edmundsbury
Suffolk
IP22 2QZ
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 99371 79032
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Obelisk on square 3 stepped base
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO LAID/DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/1914 - 1918/(NAMES) GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT/A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, W
Baker, W
Boggis, G E
Bush, A C
Cammell, F C
Clarke, N G
Dent, F J
Downing, A E
Downing, G F
Hill, A J
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Service number, surname, rank, forenames, regiment,
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Service number, rank, surname, initials of forenames, regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: depth 94 mm, height 2438 mm, width 94 mm
Materials: Stone - Portland
- 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
- Hopton War Memorial
- WMO ID: 117480
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 11-03-2020]
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- Costs
Site: £61-10-9p
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Historic England listing. historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1468465?section=official-list-entry Accessed 19/05/2022
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