Memorial

St Michaels Church (Redundant)

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 4644
Description: Nowy-headed board with a shelf bellow. At the top centre is a bas-relief of an armed Saint, cross in right hand, sword in left, trampling on a dragon. Gold lettering.
Inscription: ST MICHAEL'S IPSWICH/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN DEATHLESS MEMORY OF/ THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED/ IN DEFENCE OF KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR AUGUST 1914 - 19./ THE FIRST EIGHT WERE ACTIVELY ENGAGED/ IN DEFINITE CHRISTIAN WORK IN CONNECTION/ WITH THE CHURCH WHEN CALLED TO THE COLOURS/ (Names)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 49
Died: 49
Information shown: Surname
Order of names: Eight names engaged in church work and then alphabetically by surname

Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: Memorial believed lost on night of 7th March 2011 in a fire which gutted the building. The WW1 memorial had been removed from the church in 1997 and is kept in storage. Building derelict in July 2015. Owned by JIMAS, a Muslim educational charity.

Dedicated

3rd December 1919

Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

Board

Height: 1500mm

Width: 780mm

Made from: Wood - Oak

Condition: Unknown