Memorial
Ransome and Rapier
Current Location
Bourne Park, off Corporation Avenue, Ipswich, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8LU, England
OS Grid Reference
TM 15866 42085
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Obelisk
- WMR Reference Number
- 4616
- Description
- Three sided, on two hexagonal steps, mounted with bronze plaques
- Inscription
- Face1: THESE MEMORIALS WERE REMOVED/ FROM THE FORMER/ RANSOME AND RAPIER/ WATERSIDE WORKS CANTEEN UPON/ THE CLOSURE OF THE COMPANY'S/ MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN 1988 # Face 2: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE/ FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES AT THE/ WATERSIDE WORKS WHO GAVE/UP THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-18/ IN ANSWER TO THE CALL OF DUTY/ (Names)/ THIS TABLET IS ADDED TO THE MEMORIAL AS/ A TOKEN FROM THEIR FELLOW WORKERS Face 3: IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY/ OF THE FOLLOWING/ EMPLOYEES AT THE WATERSIDE/ WORKS WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY DURING/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45/ IN ANSWER TO THE CALL OF DUTY/ (Names)/ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES/ (Names)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 19
- Died
- 19
- Information shown
- rank,regiment
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 29
- Died
- 29
- Information shown
- regiment
- Custodian
- Ipswich Borough Council
Components
- Obelisk
Height: 8FT
Width: 42" SQUARE
Depth: 42"SQUARE
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- Plaques
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
- East Anglia Daily Times - 10 January 1921