Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Suffolk Coastal
- Town
- Great Glemham
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13 June 1920
Attended by: Unknown
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5499
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Current location
All Saints Church
The Street
Great Glemham
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk
IP17 2DA
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 33996 61639
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Stylized Celtic Cross on a tapered rectangular plinth with elaborate decoration on the shoulder and a single step base.
- Inscription
- TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN / HONOURED / MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / 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 / ALSO OF / (NAMES) / 1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Abbot, William
Bridges, Ernest
Clarke, Wilfred
Close-brooks, Arthur
Clow, Frederick
Crisp, Jack W
Fairhead, Alfred William
Foster, John Conway
Jarvis, Francis William
Johnson, George
See details for all 21 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: depth 32" base, height 10ft, width 32" base
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Memorial
- Listing information
- Great Glemham War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- GREAT GLEMHAM
- WMO ID: 117205
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-05-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Names legible on close examination with light over the shoulder
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- East Anglia Daily Times - 16 June 1920 - Account of unveiling
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