Memorial

Sudbury

Jun-91

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Current Location

Opposite entrance to St. Gregory's Churchyard, Opposite St Gregory's Church, Gregory Street, Sudbury, Babergh, Suffolk, CO10 1HL, England

TL 87079 41440

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 4497
Description: Cross on octagonal stepped-base. Crusader sword on shaft of cross.
Inscription: 1914 - 1918 / (Names) Top step @12:00- 1914 - 1918 / KILLED BY BOMBS DROPPED FROM AN ENEMY AIRSHIP/ SUDBURY 31ST MARCH 1916 (Names) @6:00- OUR DEAD / THROUGH WHOM / WE LIVE Second step @6:00- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SUDBURY WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 Top step: 1939 - 1945 / (Names) Second step @6:00- WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 Top step- N. IRELAND 1988 / (Name)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 237
Died: 237
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, manner of death, date of death
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 60
Died: 60
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, manner of death, date of death
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname

Maker(s): F. J. Lindley, Builder
Sir Reginald Blomfield RA, Architect
Maintenance History: c 1945, names had become illegible, agreed by the RBL and Town Council to remedy this.