
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Suffolk Coastal
- Town
- Orford
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 31 Oct 1920
Attended by: Colonel Eaton White - Dedicated
Date: 31 Oct 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5539
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Current location
St Bartholomew's Church
Church Street
Orford
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk
IP12 2LW
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 42223 49984
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rough hewn Celtic wheel cross on plinth, sitting on base. Crusader's sword on shaft of cross. Raised black lettering on tablets on front and back faces of plinth.
- Inscription
- Column [6.00]: TO/THE GLORY OF GOD/AND Block [6.00]: IN LOVING GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/THE ORFORD MEN/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ [Names]/THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERYMORE Block [9.00]: REMEMBER BEFORE GOD/THOSE WHOSE LIVES/HAVE BEEN SACRIFIED IN/THE WAR 1939-1945/[Names]/DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY/1 COR 15
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brinkley, Fred
Brunton, Bertie
Burwood, Benjamin
Cullam, William
Dennington, Jack
Ellis, Edward
Ellis, William
Fairhead, George
Fairhead, Harry
Fairweather, Walter
See details for all 29 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: depth 1200 mm, height 3000 mm, width 1500 mm
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
- PARISH WAR MEMORIAL CROSS - WW1 AND WW2
- WMO ID: 117165
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Cleaned yearly prior to Remembrance Sunday by local resident. Received grant from War Memorials Trust for repair and renovation. Work commenced by Feb 2006. Includes replacing some lead letters and re-enamelling 722 letters. August 2006: Completely renovated
- Costs
Comments: G Maile and Son: £136 16s 0d A C Stephenson: £33 3s 6d
Memorial: £170 1s 6d- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Orford Parish Council
- Reference
- East Anglian Daily Times 2 November 1920
- roll-of-honour.com/Suffolk/Orford.html
- War Memorials Trust WM1680 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=143
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