Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- Suffolk Coastal
- Town
- Westleton
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 25 January 1920
Attended by: Relatives/Friends of the Fallen
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5597
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Current location
Junction of B1125 (The Street) and Darsham Road
Darsham Rd
Westleton
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk
IP17 3AQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 44041 69035
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Laurel Wreath extended to a bow each side
- Inscription
- 6 O'clock : (NAMES)/SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF EIGHTEEN BRAVE/ MEN OF WESTLETON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brown, Leonard A
Caines, Edwin M
Cracknell, Stanley J
Elmy, Charles J
Fisk, William
Gissing, John
King, Charles H
Lingwood, E St Hilary
Mower, Percy J
Mulley, Bertie
See details for all 18 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forname, surname, rank, service
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cenotaph
Measurements: depth 1450 mm, height 2580 mm, width 1450 mm
Materials: Stone - Portland - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cenotaph
- 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
- Westleton
- WMO ID: 117107
- Condition: Good [last updated on 29-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Metal reinforcing tube inside has expanded leading to water inside. (1990) Memorial was cleaned, repainted and the lettering painted in c2001.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Responsibility
- Parish Council
- Reference
- Source: Image Library
- Accounts about the memorial: Suffolk County Handbook East Anglian Daily Times, 27 January 1920 Suffolk Chronicle & Mercury, 30 January 1920 Suffolk Records Office
- Details of Grade 2 listing by Historic England. historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1468649?section=official-listing Accessed 17/12/2021
- Carter Postcard Collection
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