Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Town
- Ixworth
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr E E Saunders of Ipswich (Builder)
Hanchets (Sculptor) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 20 December 1919
Attended by: Colonel Parry Crooke - Rededicated
Date: 31 October 1948
Attended by: Unknown - Dedicated
Date: 20 December 1919
Attended by: Canon R F Wilson - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5228
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Current location
St Marys Church
High Street
Ixworth
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk
IP31 2HJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 93139 70389
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic cross on block and three stepped base, surrounded by low chain fence
- Inscription
- BLOCK SIX O'CLOCK: TO THE/ GREATER GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ "THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US, AND/ WE WERE NOT HURT... THEY WERE A WALL/ UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY"/ SAMUEL XXV, 15 AND 16/ AND/ 1939-1945 BLOCK NINE O'CLOCK: (NAMES) BLOCK THREE O'CLOCK: (NAMES) TOP STEP SIX O'CLOCK: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Argent, George W
Argent, Richard J
Balaam, Albert J
Bantick, William J
Bishop, Joseph
Bullass, Charles W
Bullman, Oliver
Calver, Thomas E
Coe, Arthur W
Coe, Herbert F
See details for all 31 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: 0
Died: 31
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: depth 1350mm bas, height 3300mm, width 1350mm bas
Materials: Granite
- 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
- Ixworth War Memorial
- WMO ID: 117473
- Condition: Good [last updated on 22-01-2020]
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- Costs
Site: £167 FWW £39 SW
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- PCC
- Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM2805 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=238
- Norwich Post - 24-12-1919 (account of unveiling)
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