Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Suffolk Coastal
- Town
- Saxmundham
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13 May 1923
Attended by: Maj-Gen Sir Ronald Lane KCB; KCVO - Faculty Granted
Date: 20 October 1947
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5387
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Current location
St Johns the Baptist Church
St Johns Road
Saxmundham
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk
IP17 1BQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 38900 62938
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- TWO PLAQUES MARBLE SHELF BELOW; CROSS ABOVE
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (Names) TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1939-1945/ (Names)/ THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, W
Backhouse, H E
Balls, H L
Batley, E A
Cady, S G
Chapman, A
Cooper, B C
Cooper, C G
Cooper, S B
Cordle, A E
See details for all 40 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 40
Served and returned: 0
Died: 40
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 1016mm, width 1244mm
Materials: Marble - White - Plaque
Measurements: height 508mm, width 762mm
Materials: Marble - White
- Plaque
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PCC
- Reference
- Account of unveiling in East Anglian Daily Times 15 May 1923.
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