Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Suffolk Coastal
- Town
- Falkenham
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 24 Oct 1920
Attended by: Major General Sir Arthur Money
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5307
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Current location
St Ethelbert Church
Lower Falkenham Road
Falkenham
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk
IP10 0QY
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 29324 39042
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Canterbury cross with wreath on carved square plinth and single stepped base.
- Inscription
- 6 o' clock: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF FALKENHAM/ WHO DIED FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ 1914-1918/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE 9 o' clock: (Names) 12 o' clock: (Names) 3 o' clock: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Barham, J W
Boulter, A E
Croxon, W E
Eade, J M
Farthing, A J
Kirk, W E
Pipe, C
Posford, B A
Rush, T
Stopher, A
See details for all 12 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, surname, regiment
Order of information: Rank
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: depth 635 mm, height 2743 mm, width 900 mm
Materials: Stone - Portland
- 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
- Falkenham
- WMO ID: 269667
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 26-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PCC
- Reference
- "Falkenham War Memorial." Historic England, historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1468501. Accessed 4 September 2024.
- East Anglian Daily Times, 26 October 1920
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