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    Memorial

    Stradbroke

    Obelisk with Celtic Cross

    Source: Copyright Doug ireland

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    Current Location

    Junction of Church Street and Queen Street, All Saints Church, Church Street, Stradbroke, Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, IP21 5JD, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TM 23189 73981

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    4658
    Description
    Square plinth surmounted by a tapered shaft and a small Celtic cross on top.
    Inscription
    Plinth (6 o'clock face): ERECTED IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FOUGHT AND DIED/ FOR KING, COUNTRY, LIBERTY/ AND JUSTICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO/ MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND/ JOHN XV 13 Plinth (3 and 9 o'clock faces): (Names) Base of the cross (6 o'clock face): (Name)/ AFGHANISTAN 2010/ 1939-1945/ (Names) Base of the cross (3 and 9 o'clock faces): (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    17
    Died
    17
    Information shown
    Surname, forename
    Order of names
    Alphabetically by surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    6
    Died
    6
    Information shown
    Surname, forename
    Order of names
    Alphabetically by surname
    War
    Afghanistan (2001-2014)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Surname, forename, year of death
    Maker(s)
    • Mr Frank D Howard, Builder

    • Mrs Upcher, Architect

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    30 July 1922

    Col. Lord Henniker RT. Hon

    Dedicated

    30 July 1922

    Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

    Custodian
    PCC

    Components

    Memorial

    Height: 3353mm

    Width: 788mm base

    Depth: 788mm base


    Made from: Granite - Aberdeen


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1470189

    Listed May 2020

    • AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN: BRITISH FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS by BOORMAN, DEREK. p 56 Source: Image Library NIWM Published: SESSIONS 1988 YORK
    • East Anglian Daily Times, 31 July 1922
    • https://stradbrokearchive.org.uk/exhibits/show/wartime-remembered