Memorial

Beck Row

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Current Location

Junction of Lamble Close and The Street, Beck Row, Forest Heath, Suffolk, IP28 8BF, England

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TL 69483 77335

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 4568
Description: Slender stone obelisk, standing atop four, graduated square plinths, upon a large square pavement. At each corner is a bollard, which are linked by chain. On the plinths are granite plaques with inscriptions.
Inscription: Upper plinth 6 o'clock: FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS/ ERECTED IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF BECK ROW/ HOLYWELL ROW/ AND WILDE STREET/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ AND/ WORLD WAR II 1939-1945/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ THEIR SPIRITS TO GOD Lower plinth 6 and 3 o'clock: 1914-1918/ (Names) Lower plinth 12 o'clock: 1914-1918/ (Names) Lower plinth 9 o'clock: 1939-1945/ (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 24
Died: 24
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment, decorations
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 8
Died: 8
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname

War: Second World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Surname, forename

History

Maker(s): Messrs H G Neville & Son, Builder
Maintenance History: 2001: memorial restored with names on granite panels set into the Portland stone memorial. New name added in WW1 list. August 1995: cleaned, resited and WW2 names added.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

03 July 1919

Ex-Sergt Arthur Mothersole, MM

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