Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Suffolk Coastal
- Town
- Melton
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1 February 1920
Attended by: Major J E E Bowring, The Cedars, Melton
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Melton Parish Church
Station Road
Melton
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk
IP12 1PX
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 28399 50606
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic on single stepped base. Unusual bosses protruding from centre of Cross and from the end of each arm
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ TO THE UNDYING MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 1919/ LEST WE FORGET/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Alfred Walter
Adams, Ernest George
Ambrose, William
Athroll, Arthur Stanley
Bartlett, Rupert George
Branton, Gordon John
Buxton, Charles
Cale, Claude Charles
Chandler, Percy William
Cone, Charles Henry
See details for all 44 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 44
Served and returned: 0
Died: 44
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, forename, decorations
Order of information: by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: height 3100mm, width 1220mm
Materials: Granite - Cornish
- 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
- Melton War Memorial
- WMO ID: 267403
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- The Parochial Church Council (PCC)
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection Account of unveiling in East Anglian Daily Times, 02 February 1920.
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