Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Suffolk Coastal
Town
Westerfield
County
Suffolk
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 08 August 1920
    Attended by: Reverend Q E Roughton, Rector
  • Faculty Granted
    Date: 09 April 1947
    Attended by: Unknown
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
5592

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Current location

St Mary Magdalene Church
Church Lane
Westerfield
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk
IP6 9BE
England

OS Grid Ref: TM 17523 47621
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Two wall-mounted stone memorials commemorating the First and Second World Wars are mounted one above the other. The First World War memorial is a trapezoid tablet, tapering from the base up. The Second World War memorial is a rectangular stone tablet attached to the base of the first. The memorial is ornamented with the Royal Coat of Arms of George V.
Inscription
TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN / MEMORY OF THE FALLEN/ THEY, WHOM THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES WERE/ AMONG THOSE WHO, AT THE CALL OF KING AND/ COUNTRY, LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM,/ ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED DANGER AND FINALLY/ PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH/ OF DUTY AND SELF-SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR/ OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM/ (NAMES)/ 1914-1918/ IN THIS PARISH OUT OF A TOTAL POPULATION OF 381/PERSONS, THE NUMBER OF MEN WHO SERVED IN HIS/ MAJESTY'S FORCES DURING THE GREAT WAR WAS 81 THIS FURTHER MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED TO/ THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR (NAMES)/1939-1945/ THE POPULATION OF THIS PARISH AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR WAS 400 OF WHOM/ 59 SERVED IN HM FORCES BESIDES THOSE WHO SERVED/ IN THE HOME GUARD AND CIVIL DEFENCE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Badman, Francis
Bowman, Raymond
Cant, William E
Chaplin, William
Cracknell, B
Crapnell, Harold
Day, Harold W
Fenn, William
Millar, Alec F
Palmer-gowing, Charles
See details for all 16 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 12
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 12
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, Surname
    Order of information: as above
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 4
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 4
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, Surname
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 2286mm, width 787mm
    Materials: Stone - Portland
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE
  • Grade I
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
Costs

Site: £80

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
PCC
Reference
  • Account of unveiling: East Anglian Daily Times, 9 August 1920

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