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    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    Assington - WW1

    Assington Residents

    Source: Copyright Doug Ireland

    1/1

    Current Location

    St Edmund King & Martyr Church, The Street, Assington, Babergh, Suffolk, CO10 5LE, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 93574 38796

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    4323
    Description
    Nowy headed white marble tablet Wreath Incised at the top centre of the tablet
    Inscription
    To the Glory of God/ and in grateful memory of the men/ of Assington who gave their lives for their country in the Great War/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ Greater love hath no man than this that/ a man lay down his life for his friends//
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    19
    Died
    19
    Information shown
    Forename, surname
    Order of names
    surname,forename
    Additional Information
    Alphabetical
    Maker(s)
    • Basil Oliver ARIBA, Architect

    • Joseph Armitage, Manufacturer

    Costs
    £94

    Ceremonies

    Dedicated

    January 1920

    Rev H F Banham

    Custodian
    PCC

    Components

    Tablet

    Height: 1515MM

    Width: 855MM


    Made from: Marble - White


    Condition: Good


    • War Memorials Trust WM1835 http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=57
    • Suffolk Free Press 7 January 1920 Account of unveiling
    Suffolk Record Office ref FE500/6/2/Assington/1 including 2 drawings dated 1919
  • British Architects (RIBA) ref U18/66 which is similar to one of the faculty drawings